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From, Beautiful Buildings in France & Belgium, Including many which have been destroyed during the war. Reproductions in Colour and Monochrome from rare old Prints and Drawings, by and after Prout, Boys, Coney, W. Callow, David Roberts, C. Wild and others, with descriptive notes, by C. Harrison Townsend, F.R.I.B.A.; New York: The Hubbell Publishing Co., 1916; pp. 190-193.


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SENLIS :  CATHEDRAL, NORTH TRANSEPT

(N. Chapuy)

Black and white drawing by N. Chapuy of the North Transept of the Cathedral of Senlis.



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Senlis

CATHEDRAL :   NORTH TRANSEPT

(N. Chapuy)

Block Print of the decorated letter OF its old Gallo-Roman fortifications and walls Senlis still retains a considerable portion, including sixteen of its original twenty-eight towers. The remains are amongst the most perfect and typical in France. It is a pleasant little town, interesting from its antiquity, its ancient monuments, and its beautiful situation in the valley of the River Nonette.

The Cathedral, planned on vast dimensions, was begun in the middle of the XIIth century, but proceeded slowly, even with a reduction in scale that has left the nave considerably less in length than the choir. 192 The transepts are of late flamboyant work, and, as the Plate shows, are very full of the intricate ornamentation of the period.

The town generally has suffered much from the bombardment, more particularly as regards its business quarters, though, fortunately, the Cathedral itself has not been greatly damaged.



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