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42 FRANCE AQUITAINE [CH. xixAngou- The transepts and choir at Angoul6me are coverediamewith barrel vaults. At each end of the transept wasoriginally a lofty tower; that on the south has beendestroyed and that on the north re-built. It opens by aand the interior effect thuslofty arch to the transept,produced is superb.The central dome over the crossingis raised on a drum as a lantern. There is a high wallarcadeas at Solignac and Cahors, with two round-headedwindows in each bay, and chapels project directly fromthe greatapse without an ambulatory.There are many other examples of true cupolas onp^rigueux pendentives in Aquitaine.In PERIGUEUX itself the oldcathedralcathedral of s< TIENNE stiH preserves two of the threedomes it once possessed, and De Verneilh reckons thatof some thirty domed churches thatonce existed in theprovince of P^rigord at least fifteen are still standing 1 .s. junien The fine church of S. JUNIEN (Plate XCVI) near Limogeshas a true dome on pendentives under the western of itsS.Leonard two towers. That of S. LEONARD has the same overboth transepts, and the lantern tower over the crossingis carried by true pendentives.But even when we lose the true construction of thedome on pendentives which comes from Byzantine influencewe findthe domical idea in various fashions stillAngers affecting the design. The cathedral of ANGERS like Angoulmehas a single nave without aisles,which is vaultedin large square bays, and though the vaults are constructedwith the Gothic ribs and panels, they are raised so highin the middle as almost to have the effect of domes. Thes. Hiiaire, same thing happens at the curious church of S. HILAIREPoitiersat pOITIERS (pi ate XCVI I)which was re-built after a fireand consecrated in 1059. At first it seems to have1De Verneilh, p. 276.