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 474 FRENCH ARCHITECTURE. Part H. to the exclusion of all others, and which characterized the French style in contradistinction to that of other countries. The typical example of the style in this province is the great church of St. Saturnin, or St. Sernin, at Tou- louse, dedicated in the year 1096. The church is 375 ft. in length and 217 in width across the transept externally. It is five-aisled, the nave being 95 ft. in the interior, though the central aisle is only 25 ft. wide and is further contracted at the inter- section by masses of masonry subsequently added to sup])ort the central tower, Ithasfive apsidal and four tran- septal chapels, and may therefore be considered as possessing a complete chevet; but the church at Conques (Woodcut Ko. 340), in the same style and of almost similar date, illustrates even more perfectly the arrangement of which we ate now speaking. The nave of St. Sernin, as will be observed (Woodcut No. 339), has double side-aisles, above the inner one of Avhich runs a grand gallery. The roof of this gallery — in section the quadrant of a circle — forms an abut- ment to the roof of tJie nave, which is a bold tuimel-vault ornamented by transverse ribs only. So far the constructive ar- rangements are the same as in the transitional church of Fontifroide, (quoted above (p. 464). Passing from the nave to the 338. Church of St. Sernin, Toulouse. (From the " Ar- chives des Monuments Historiques.") Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. 339. Section of the (,'liurch of St. Seriiin, Toulouse. Scale 50 ft. to 1 in.