Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . e lowerstorey, while the upper, which is a triforium or gallery,has a ramping vault that gives effectual abutment to thevault of the central nave. In the narthex the pointedarch makes its appearance in the constructive features forthe first time. All the nave arches are round. The nave and aisles are in a sombre round-archedstyle ; and the stringcourses and labels are heavy, anddecorated with rosettes, a favourite Burgundian piers are compound, with attached shafts; and thearches, as well as the transverse ribs of the vault arebuilt with alt
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . e lowerstorey, while the upper, which is a triforium or gallery,has a ramping vault that gives effectual abutment to thevault of the central nave. In the narthex the pointedarch makes its appearance in the constructive features forthe first time. All the nave arches are round. The nave and aisles are in a sombre round-archedstyle ; and the stringcourses and labels are heavy, anddecorated with rosettes, a favourite Burgundian piers are compound, with attached shafts; and thearches, as well as the transverse ribs of the vault arebuilt with alternate voussoirs of white and dark brownstone, one of the few instances of polychrome masonryin France. There is no triforium, and the clerestorywindows are plain semi-circular headed openings, splayedall round both inside and out. A characteristic feature ^ , vol. I. p. 232. He says the Abbot Hugh was deposed in thelast year for having run the monastery into debt to the amount of 2220 silverlivres or ^45,600 of our money. s I. < a oo Q 2; CH. xxii] FRANCE—BURGUNDY 103 in the design is a wavy—heralds would call it nebuly—ornament that runs round the wall arches, and the smallouter order, or one might almost call it the label of thetransverse arches of the nave vault. The great west doorway leading from the narthex to Vezeiay,the nave (Plate CXI 11) is perhaps the finest product ofBurgundian Romanesque. It is round arched, and hasthe usual central pillar dividing the opening and sup-porting a horizontal lintel. In the middle of the semi-circular tympanum is a figure of Christ in a Vesica,bestowing the gift of the Holy Spirit on His disciples,typified by rays emanating from His fingers, and directedto them severally. Round them is a semi-circle of figuresubjects in square panels, which is interrupted by the topof the Vesica. There are two orders in the includingarch : the inner is filled with small figure-subjects in29 little circles, representing the signs of t
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