Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . the purlieus of Notre Dame may still be found relics of the canonicalbuildings. There is a 12th century vaulted chaped dedicated to S. Aignannow a squalid stable, which may be found with a little trouble. In thischapel disguised priests ministered during the Terror of the is also a fine staircase of heavy woodwork of Renaissance date in theRue Massillon, which probably belonged to a canonical house. 2 v. sup. p. 55. 86 EARLY FRENCH GOTHIC [CH. V Laoncathedral The apsidal choir draw the materials, but about 1160 an entirely ne
Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . the purlieus of Notre Dame may still be found relics of the canonicalbuildings. There is a 12th century vaulted chaped dedicated to S. Aignannow a squalid stable, which may be found with a little trouble. In thischapel disguised priests ministered during the Terror of the is also a fine staircase of heavy woodwork of Renaissance date in theRue Massillon, which probably belonged to a canonical house. 2 v. sup. p. 55. 86 EARLY FRENCH GOTHIC [CH. V Laoncathedral The apsidal choir draw the materials, but about 1160 an entirely newbuilding was begun by Bishop Gautier de as was the general plan at the east end, theeast side of the transept and the first three bays of thechoir were first built, finishing eastward with a semi-circular apse and ambulatory. Next followed the nave,the west front with the two towers, and the lower part,as high as the roof, of the other five towers originallyprojected. All this seems to have been finished by 1205. LAON CATHEDEAL. SCALE OF FEET Fig. 32. The upper stages of the Tour de S. Paul at the westside of the north transept were added before the year1225, and those of the corresponding Tour de lHorlogeat the south transept rather later. The other two towersflanking the transepts on their eastern side never roseany higher. At the same time that the nave was builtThesquare the choir was altered to its present form. The apse wasdestroyed, and the eastern arm of the building wasprolonged till it was almost equal to the nave, andfinished with a square east end, contrary to usual French 1 Laon et ses Environs, Lucien Broche. choir ch. v] EARLY FRENCH GOTHIC 87
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