Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . LE PUY CH. xxiii] FRANCE—AUVERGNE 139 which forms so important a part of the design, both ofthe exterior and interior. The cloister at Le Puy on the north side of the nave Cloister,(Plate CXX) is one of the most charming in France, ^ ^though it has suffered a good deal from the severerestoration of M. Mallay. It is not all of one date, thesouthern walk next the church being the oldest, anddating according to Viollet-le-Duc from the loth century;the other three were re-built in the 12th, that on thewest side being the latest. The columns are diminishedin
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . LE PUY CH. xxiii] FRANCE—AUVERGNE 139 which forms so important a part of the design, both ofthe exterior and interior. The cloister at Le Puy on the north side of the nave Cloister,(Plate CXX) is one of the most charming in France, ^ ^though it has suffered a good deal from the severerestoration of M. Mallay. It is not all of one date, thesouthern walk next the church being the oldest, anddating according to Viollet-le-Duc from the loth century;the other three were re-built in the 12th, that on thewest side being the latest. The columns are diminishedin the classic fashion, and carry round arches of threeorders in the earlier walks, the middle order in the laterarcades being replaced by a singular band of ornamentlike an exaggerated bead and reel. The voussoirs areof black basalt and white stone alternately, and thespandrils are filled with a rough mosaic of basalt and redbrick in various patterns. Above, is a cornice delicatelycarved with scrolls, heads, and figures of men and anim
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