Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . apsidal ends like those at Tournay,which had been united with Noyon in one see till Vitet suggests that the canons of Noyon adoptedthis plan as a reminiscence of the sister church they hadlost, and a protest against the recent separation. The choir, which is the oldest part of the church, has The choirthree straight bays, and an apse of five bays, semi-circular, and surrounded by a semi-circular ambulatoryfrom which radiate five semi-circular chapels between thegreat buttresses (Plate VII). In the columnar buttressesbetween the windo


Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . apsidal ends like those at Tournay,which had been united with Noyon in one see till Vitet suggests that the canons of Noyon adoptedthis plan as a reminiscence of the sister church they hadlost, and a protest against the recent separation. The choir, which is the oldest part of the church, has The choirthree straight bays, and an apse of five bays, semi-circular, and surrounded by a semi-circular ambulatoryfrom which radiate five semi-circular chapels between thegreat buttresses (Plate VII). In the columnar buttressesbetween the windows we see a survival of Romanesque 1 v. Gallia Christiana, Eccl. Noviomensis. EARLY FRENCH GOTHIC [CH. IV 74 Noyon tradition. Viollet-le-Duc observes that these chapelsanticipate what was the ultimate plan of a cathedralchevet, for at Paris, Bourges, Laon, and Chartres, therewere originally very few chapels or none at all, thoughthese churches are later than that at Noyon; and hesuggests that their presence here is due to the exampleof S. Fig. 27. The first bay of the choir is prepared with massivepiers to receive a tower on each side, which was neverbuilt. In this bay both the arcade and the triforiumhave plain round arches, the latter undivided. Theyhave two orders. The capitals of the further straightbays are very primitive and carry round arches. Theapse columns are monocylindric and carry arches that 1 Diet. Rats. vol. II. p. 303. Originally the cathedrals had either nochapels or very few, while the abbeys had many. They were added afterwardsin great numbers by different families for their own use and credit. Plate VIII


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