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‘Honfleur’ is a possible reading of the manuscript, but it is much more plausible that the reference should be to the flamboyant church of St. Martin at Harfleur than to the church of St Catherine in Honfleur, though that too might be called flamboyant. There are clearly ‘perceptible differences’ between St. Catherine and most other churches of the period, not least because of its extensive use of wood. St. Etienne, Honfleur seems equally inappropriate in terms of both date and style to the point that Ruskin is making here.
For the flamboyant of St. Martin Harfleur in relation to the point that Ruskin is making, see Turner, J.M.W, Harfleur, 1832, Tate Gallery, London TBCCLIX, 102; D24667 and the Church of St Martin seen from the Lézarde, 1832, Tate Gallery, London TBCCLIX, 86; D24651. For St. Catherine see Turner, J.M.W, Honfleur, 1832, Tate Gallery, London, London TBCCLIX, 135; D24700.
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