Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . TXtf-lSfy Plate V. • T. G J. SENS ch. iv] THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD 71 figures of the liberal arts and sciences, and the lower Senshas a skiapod\ and other natural and fabulous creaturesfrom the bestiaries. The ornament on one of thejambs, shows the conventional scroll-work of the pre-ceding period in an advanced stage, with an earlyforeshadowing of the natural foliage that was soon to beachieved (Fig. 25). The treatment of the other side ofthe same pier is still more naturalesque. The windowsat Sens abound in some of the most magnificent grisa
Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . TXtf-lSfy Plate V. • T. G J. SENS ch. iv] THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD 71 figures of the liberal arts and sciences, and the lower Senshas a skiapod\ and other natural and fabulous creaturesfrom the bestiaries. The ornament on one of thejambs, shows the conventional scroll-work of the pre-ceding period in an advanced stage, with an earlyforeshadowing of the natural foliage that was soon to beachieved (Fig. 25). The treatment of the other side ofthe same pier is still more naturalesque. The windowsat Sens abound in some of the most magnificent grisailleglass, with coloured borders, to be found in France, andthe cathedral at Auxerre has more of the same kind. It is remarkable that the large vaulted triforium of TheSenlis, Noyon, and still later churches, has been abandonedat Sens in favour of one that anticipates those of Reimsand Chartres. The architecture at Sens is rather inadvance of its date. The church of S. Alpin, at Chalons-sur-Marne s. on a smaller scale a logical Gothic construction, sur
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