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GOTHIC CONSTRUCTION IN FRANCE
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requirements. The principle fortuitously foreshadowed in the Abbaye-aux-Hommes is here developed with both scientific and artistic precision.

FIG. 20.

The same constructive logic is exhibited in other portions of this interior. The vaults of the aisles, of the apsidal chapels, and of the triforium gallery show no defects of