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Rh Noyon, 92, 93 (cut); Paris, 94 (cut); the ch. of St. Remi at Reims, 96-99 (cut); St. Denis, 92; the cath. of Senlis, 92.
 * German, commonly at both ends of the nave, 171.
 * Italian, 191; of the ch. of St. Francis ofAssisi, 182; the cath. of Florence, 1 86; the ch. of Sta. Croce of Florence, 185, 186.
 * See also East end.

Apsidal aisles, difficulties in vaulting, 98; of the cath. of Paris, 100 (cut); of the ch. of St. Leu d'Esserent, 101 (cut);—absent in Italian pointed buildings, 191.

Apsidal chapels, in French Gothic buildings, 100; of Lincoln cath., 134 (cut).

Arcades, in the Gothic façade, 103.

Arch, structural principle of, 6, 9; monolithic, 6; offset, 6.
 * Pointed, properties of, 15; obviates difficulties in vault construction, 16; first employed constructively by the monastic builders, 29, in the chs. of St. Denis and Morienval, 33.

Arches, pier. See Pier arches.

Arch mouldings, 217; the change from square to polygonal section affects the character of the capital, 209.
 * English, multiplicity of members in Anglo-Norman work, 236; hard and linear effect, 238.
 * German, 242; resemblance to Anglo-Norman forms, 242.
 * Italian, 245.
 * Architectural style, secondary differences of, 7.

Architecture, its principles primarily constructive, 6; forms a part from function not significant, 6; religious architecture has always preceded secular, 29; general conditions under which the art was practised in the Middle Ages, 282.

Aries, cloister of St. Trophime, sculpture, 251 (cut).

Art schools of the Middle Ages, 282.

Assisi, church of S. Francis, has little Gothic character, 182; interior, 182; façade, 189; frescoes, 306, 308.

Autun, cathedral, sculpture, 249; capitals of the nave, 268.

Auvergne, its architectural style, 195.

, cathedral, its plan retains many German-Romanesque features, 171; vaulting system, 171, 172 (cut); an apse at each end, 172.

Bases, Gothic, 210-213; beauty of profile, 26; a modification of the Attic base, 210; how adapted to Gothic construction, 210; composed of at least two members, 211; their angle spur, 211; proportioned to the size of the shaft, 212; the plinth diminished in size, 212.

Of the cath. of Amiens, triforium, 217;—Paris, choir, 211 (cut), triforium of the nave, 212 (cuts), engaged shafts of westernmost piers, 213 (cut);—Senlis, nave, 210 (cut), 211;—Soissons, choir, 212, 213 (cut). :English, of more members than the French, 232 cuts); . the plinth, 233; German, 241 (cut), 242 (cut);—Italian, 244 (cut).

Basly, church, tower, 113.

Beauvais, cathedral, height of choir, 168; apsidal chapels, 101; rib sections, 221 (cut); vaults of the choir, 68, 76.
 * Church of St. Stephen, 51.

Beverley minster, transept façade, 160; capitals, of the triforium, 232 (cut); absence of sculpture, 292. Bologna, church of S. Petronio, interior and vaulting system, 188.

Bourges, cathedral, source of its style, 60; has no transept, 102;—apse, 95; apsidal chapels, 101; glass, 304; niches over central portal, 254; piers and vaulting shafts, 59; vaults, 68; vaulting of the apse, 95.

Breadth, importance of, in sculpture, 281.

Breslau, Kreuzkirche, a good illustration of contemporary German taste, 175; vaulting, 175-176 (cuts); nave and aisles the same height, 177; spire, 181.

Bridlington, abbey, pier arches, 149.

Britton, on Gothic architecture, 3.

Burgos, cathedral, modelled after the French Gothic, 196; heavy walls of the clerestory, 196; buttresses, 197 (cut); façade and spires, 199; cornice of the choir, 297; absence of figure sculpture on the façade, 297.

Burgundy, its architectural style, 195.

Buttresses, effect of the introduction of the pointed arch, 17; general character in Gothic buildings, 19; triforium vaults served for, in the earlier buildings, 48; comparative study of, in 13th cent. French architecture, 77-84 (cuts); ill adjustment of the abutment in the early work, 80; first attempt to make them an ornamental feature, 82; development of the pinnacle, 83; internal construction of, 112.

Of the cath. of Amiens, 83 (cut), 84;