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CH. xix] FRANCE AQUITAINE 41transepts are semi-circular inside and out. The side Soiignacthrust of the domes is taken as at Cahors by deep sidearches with passages through the piers inthe same way,on the top of an arcaded set-off (Fig. 78).The cathedral of ANGOUL&ME (Fig. 77) was built by Angou-Bishop Gerard who occupied the see from 1101-1136. ft dThis church and that of the abbey of Fontevrault, which vraultFig. 78.resembles it so closely in designand dimension thatDe Verneilh 1 conceives it must have been deliberatelycopied from it, are aisleless cruciform churches coveredwith a series of domes on pendentives resting on veryslightly pointed arches.At Fontevrault the pendentives remain but the domeshave been destroyed.1De Verneilh, p. 276.