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n 4 FRANCE BURGUNDY [CH, xxnValence transverse ribs springing from semi-circular shafts attachedcathedral .ir r r> -i i ir ito the front of a square pier, bimilar half columns areattached to the other three sides and carry the round archesof the nave and that across the aisle. There is neithertriforium nor clerestory for;the aisles, which are crossgroined,are nearly as high as the nave, the vault ofwhich springs from the level of the crown of the aislearch. Consequently the great vault of the nave is wellabutted by those of the aisles. The light is given bylarge round-headed windows in the upper part of theaisle walls, with jamb shafts in reveals at the sides.The construction has a certain resemblance to thatof some churches in distant Aquitaine, such as that ofS. Savin (v. sup, Plate CII).The church is cruciform, with unusually long transepts,and in this district one is. surprised to find over thecrossing a flattish dome on regular pendentives, anotherAquitanian feature. The span of the nave is 28 ft. fromcentre to centre of the columns, that of the aisles 14; andthere are eight bays west of the crossing, which givesthe usual basilican proportion, the nave being twice aswide as the aisles, and four times as long as it is wide.The apse has a semi-dome and is surrounded by across-groined ambulatory with four projecting semi-circularchapels. These are buttressed outside by square pierswith Corinthianizing capitals like those of the nave pillars.All the windows are round-arched, some with colouredvoussoirs, and in the blank arcades occurs the horseshoetrefoil of the Auvergne and Le Puy. Throughout thisinteresting church Roman tradition runs strongly.vienne It isapparent also in the fluted pilasters and otherfeatures of the cathedral of S. MAURICE at VIENNE, a townrich in Roman remains. The desecrated church of