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... century B.C. and in succeeding times , and which prove how very widespread was the practice of writing in those days ... century , we find therein numerous autographs of historical From the 16th century onward , we enter the period of ...
... century B.C. and in succeeding times , and which prove how very widespread was the practice of writing in those days ... century , we find therein numerous autographs of historical From the 16th century onward , we enter the period of ...
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... century , but the Gothic central tower and the chapels were added in the 15th century by Nicolas Rolin , chancellor of Burgundy , born at Autun . The chief artistic features of the church are the group of the Last Judgment sculptured on ...
... century , but the Gothic central tower and the chapels were added in the 15th century by Nicolas Rolin , chancellor of Burgundy , born at Autun . The chief artistic features of the church are the group of the Last Judgment sculptured on ...
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... century . The church of St Eusèbe belongs to the 12th , 13th and 16th centuries . Of the abbey church of St Germain , built in the 13th and 14th centuries , most of the nave has disappeared , so that its imposing Romanesque tower stands ...
... century . The church of St Eusèbe belongs to the 12th , 13th and 16th centuries . Of the abbey church of St Germain , built in the 13th and 14th centuries , most of the nave has disappeared , so that its imposing Romanesque tower stands ...
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... ( Century of Legends ) , and the Divyāvadāna ( The Heavenly Legend ) . Though of later date than most of the canonical ... century . The two western portals are adorned with sculpture in the ornate Romanesque style ; the tower on the left ...
... ( Century of Legends ) , and the Divyāvadāna ( The Heavenly Legend ) . Though of later date than most of the canonical ... century . The two western portals are adorned with sculpture in the ornate Romanesque style ; the tower on the left ...
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... century ) has a tower 200 ft . high , with a fine chime of bells . The chief industry of the town is wool - spinning , and there is trade in wood . Avesnes was founded in the 11th century , and formed a countship which in the 15th century ...
... century ) has a tower 200 ft . high , with a fine chime of bells . The chief industry of the town is wool - spinning , and there is trade in wood . Avesnes was founded in the 11th century , and formed a countship which in the 15th century ...
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