CONTENTS

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Introduction 1
PART I
RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE
CHAP.
1. The Influence of the Cupola upon so-called Gothic Architecture 11
2. The Origin of the Intersecting Arch 16
3. The First Vaults on Intersecting Arches 24
4. Buildings Vaulted on Intersecting Arches 32
5. The Origin of the Flying Buttress 41
6. Churches and Cathedrals of the Twelfth and Fourteenth Centuries 51
7. Cathedrals of the Thirteenth Century 67
8. Cathedrals and Churches from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Century 85
9. Churches of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries in France and in the East 105
10. Towers and Belfries—Choirs—Chapels 128
11. Sculpture 153
12. Painting 179
PART II
MONASTIC ARCHITECTURE
1. Origin 205
2. Abbeys of Cluny, Citeaux, and Clairvaux 215
3. Abbeys and Chartreuses or Carthusian Monasteries 227
4. Fortified Abbeys 247
PART III
MILITARY ARCHITECTURE
1. Ramparts of Towns 269
2. Castles and Keeps 291
3. Gates and Bridges 309
PART IV
CIVIL ARCHITECTURE
1. Barns, Hospitals, Houses, and "Hôtels" or Townhouses of the Nobility 333
2. Town-halls, Belfries, and Palaces 360