A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . cathedral of Lisieux,and the churches of Norrey and Douvres (Cal-vados), the church of Pont Auderaer (Eure),and the ruined abbey of Jumifeges (Seine-Infe-rieure). One monument, or group of monuments,is, however, so vuiique in character that it de-serves to take rank even before the gi-eat cathe-drals of the ilistrict. The abbey and town ofMont-Saint-Micliel possess an admirable Ro-manesque church, which throughout the MiddleAges had vaidted aisles and a wooden centralroof, but a choir of ])erfected Norman G
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . cathedral of Lisieux,and the churches of Norrey and Douvres (Cal-vados), the church of Pont Auderaer (Eure),and the ruined abbey of Jumifeges (Seine-Infe-rieure). One monument, or group of monuments,is, however, so vuiique in character that it de-serves to take rank even before the gi-eat cathe-drals of the ilistrict. The abbey and town ofMont-Saint-Micliel possess an admirable Ro-manesque church, which throughout the MiddleAges had vaidted aisles and a wooden centralroof, but a choir of ])erfected Norman Gothicwith vardts ; and this liuilding, of high interestin itself, is surrounded liy the most extraordi-nary group of cloisters, vaulted halls and cham-bers, staircases, gateways, and fortifications,which can be found anywhere, piled up in onesmall site. The disentanglement of the stylesrepresented in this crowd of curious buildingsrequires the study of months, and can only beset forth, as it has been set forth in books es-pecially devoted to the subject. (See Corroyer,op. eit.) 115. France, Part III.: Cathedral of Rouen ;OF Window in Upper Sacristy. The florid Gothicof Normandy is atone with that ofFrance. At the closeof the Hundred YearsWar, about ,France was united asone people, and thearchitecture of thenext half century the mostsplendid of her tri-umphs. At Rouen,always the capital ofthe duchy and thejirovince, the lanternof S. Ouen, the towerof S. Laurent, the veiyinteresting, thoughat the time unfin-ished, Palais de Jus-tice, the north towerof the west front of thecathedral, and espe-cially the unmatchedchurch of S. Waclou,are all of this s]ilendidepoch. Large partsof the cathedral ofEvreux (Eure), thebishops palace, theclock tower, or bef-froi, and the church ofS. Taurin, in the sametown ; the church ofPont-lEveque ; thatof Dives - sur - Mer ;that of La Trinite, atFalaise (Calvados);the churches of S. Germain and S. Martin, atArgentan (Orne) ; the cathedral
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