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Page 136
... century portal and , at the end of the transept , a 12th- 15th century tower 210 ft ( 64 m ) high . The choir ( 13th century ) , one of the tallest and handsomest in France , is exteriorly supported by elegantly designed buttresses ...
... century portal and , at the end of the transept , a 12th- 15th century tower 210 ft ( 64 m ) high . The choir ( 13th century ) , one of the tallest and handsomest in France , is exteriorly supported by elegantly designed buttresses ...
Page 333
... century BC , the Moselle region pros- pered as a centre of communication and trade between the Mediterranean and the lands of the north . After the establishment of Frankish rule in the 5th century , it became the nucleus of the kingdom ...
... century BC , the Moselle region pros- pered as a centre of communication and trade between the Mediterranean and the lands of the north . After the establishment of Frankish rule in the 5th century , it became the nucleus of the kingdom ...
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... century the gléoman is heard of among the Angles and in the 6th century the Germanic scop is referred to . The Old English poem " Widsith " ( q.v. ) describes the role of a fictitious scop in Germanic society . In the 12th century there ...
... century the gléoman is heard of among the Angles and in the 6th century the Germanic scop is referred to . The Old English poem " Widsith " ( q.v. ) describes the role of a fictitious scop in Germanic society . In the 12th century there ...
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