Word: triporium
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After speaking of the buttresses which supported the triporium gallery of the especially large nave, the lecturer pointed out the architectural beauty of the west portal figures, their "sechereese" and lightness. The sculpturing, he said, is the best of its kind and was possible only at this time. He showed how much better the work on Chartres was than that of Aries, where the figures are heavy and uninteresting. He then displayed pictures of figures at the top of the columns of the portals showing their Gothic difference, and their individuality...
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