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154 FRANCE NORMANDY [CH. xxivAbbaye we still have the earlier work. The fagadeis of theHommes, sternest simplicity: two tiers of three wide round-headedCaenwindows light the west end of the nave, which is flankedby a tower on either hand flush with it, and with similarwindows below the eaves level. Above this is a storeysimply decorated with plain strips of masonry carryingnarrow semi-circular arches. The next two stages areina later and more ornate style of Romanesque, datingapparently from the first quarter of the i2th century.Above rise the two splendid spires of i3th century workwhich are the dominating features of the town of Caen(PlateCXXVII).ProgressIn the interior, in spite of its abstract severity, weNorman ^ n