[M2.168L]                                                             [M2.168]								168
                                                                      No 183, 184	Lyons Cathedral  Vienne Cathedral
                                                                      
                                                                      		of pure Gothic, over the northern door in the side;  a row
                                                                      		of signs of zodiac indescribably rich - sharp and quaint -
                                                                      		centaur for Sagittarius as usual, is almost too pure in
                                                                      		cutting to be Romanesque - some rose leaf capitals in the
                                                                      		door way are also exquisite but the gem of the whole is
                                                                      		a bracket at the east end of the north aisle;  in the
                                                                      		elevated part of it, up the steps, this bracket is a perfect
                                                                      		basketful of rose leaves and stems - undercut - and 
                                                                      		thrown out with a precision and lightness which the Byzantines
                                                                      		never attained.
                                                                      Lyons Cathedral:  Nave piers No 183.  The coloured part is the pier itself
                                                                      		- the space between the little detached shaft being 
                                                                      		about ½ or ¾ of an inch clear of the great one, and a b 
                                                                      		fig 1 about 2 " 0½ I can pretty well guess at relations of
                                                                      		all.
                                                                      		In order to understand the relations note that the vaulting
                                                                      		is as in fig 3, so that the nave piers carry alternately
                                                                      		one vaulting rib, and three;  The transverse rib is always
                                                                      		carried by the shaft A:  Now the nave arch is of two orders:
                                                                      		as far as I could see of the section fig 1 No 184  Of
                                                                      		these the sub arch is always carried by the shaft B: (fig
                                                                      		1. No 183) and the first order by the shaft C.  In addition
                                                                      		to this, when there is on the diagonal vaulting rib
                                                                      		in the alternate piers, the shaft C.

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