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The Cause and Prevention of the Decay of Building Stone
In the years 1858–59, I had occasion to pass several months in the City of Rodez, the capital and also the cathedral town of the Department of Aveyron, in France. The cathedral was on the line of the Huguenot wars. It showed in every part the mistaken zeal of those religionists, much of whose energy was expended in destroying what was most beautiful. The main doors were a succession of diminishing arches lined with beautifully carved figures of saints in high relief, but every projecting piece that could be reached had been battered with a hammer, so that there was not a head, a leg, or an arm left on the hundreds of figures that formerly ornamented these doors. The cathedral foundations were laid in the eighth century. The building was finished in the last. It is constructed of reel sandstone, very like the stone so much used in this city, and is the most prominent building in the vicinity.
The Cause and Prevention of the Decay of Building Stone
In the years 1858–59, I had occasion to pass several months in the City of Rodez, the capital and also the cathedral town of the Department of Aveyron, in France. The cathedral was on the line of the Huguenot wars. It showed in every part the mistaken zeal of those religionists, much of whose energy was expended in destroying what was most beautiful. The main doors were a succession of diminishing arches lined with beautifully carved figures of saints in high relief, but every projecting piece that could be reached had been battered with a hammer, so that there was not a head, a leg, or an arm left on the hundreds of figures that formerly ornamented these doors. The cathedral foundations were laid in the eighth century. The building was finished in the last. It is constructed of reel sandstone, very like the stone so much used in this city, and is the most prominent building in the vicinity.
The Cause and Prevention of the Decay of Building Stone
Egleston, Thomas (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 15 ; 647-704
2021-01-01
581886-01-01 pages
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