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abacus abutment aisles Angevine angles Angoulème antiquaries appear apse apsidal arcade arch compartment architect barrel roof bays beautiful belfry belong BLOIS Bordeaux building buttresses Caen capitals cathedral central tower chancel chapels character choir CINQ MARS circular Civray clerestory construction cornice cross church cross vaulting cupola diagonal rib dome domical east end eastern apse ellipse engaged columns enriched entablature esque Etampes external feature Flamboyant flanked France gables give Gothic architecture height impost interior late Romanesque later LOCHES lofty masonry massive mediæval mouldings nave noticed octagonal ornament outline pendentives Perigueux pier arches pier compartment pilasters pinnacles plain pointed arch PONTORSON porch present principal quadrant revived ridge Roman Romanesque round arch round-headed windows sculpture semicircular sexpartite vault shafts side specimen spire spring square abacus square compartments square orders stage steeple stone style surface transepts transverse arches triforium twelfth century vertical wall west front western towers