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Updated: January 11, 2026

The stern, ascetic style of the XI and XII centuries has given the nave piers mere small, plain bands as capitals, and for churchly decoration has allowed only a moulding of acanthus leaves placed high and unnoticed at the vaulting's base.

Elise Whitlock Rose - Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1