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Q J Med 2004; 97: 315
QJM vol. 97 no. 6 © Association of Physicians 2004; all rights reserved.

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Amiens Cathedral west front

Lindy Grant

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This enchanting piece of sculpture is from the west front of Amiens Cathedral, and was carved in the 1220s. It is one of a series of two layers of quatrefoils, which run as a band right across the west front, below the column figures that flank the three great portals, and around the buttresses that divide the portals one from another. This layer—architectural historians refer to it . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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