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CH. xxn] FRANCE BURGUNDY 105piers and arches (Fig. 94).It has left its mark also onthe later choir, which dates from the last year of the1 2th century and is in a thoroughly developed pointed Romanstyle. The great columns of the apse are monoliths,tapered and with an entasis one wonders whether ;theymay not be real antiques used at secondhand and in the;Fig. 94.triforium of the apse and that of the north transept squarefluted shafts occur among the ordinary round ones.The same broad Roman treatment characterizes thenave capitalsin the fine Romanesque church at AVALLONand the details of its famous western portals. Thischurch is basilican in plan, with nave and side aisleseach ending in an apse, and owingto the slope of thesite the floor descends from west to east instead of