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the completion of structures already begun such as the cathedrals of 

 Sens, Senlis, Beauvais, Evreux and it remained wholly, or almost 

 wholly, Gothic. Even new buildings showed no trace of innovation in 

 design throughout, and even beyond, the sixteenth century. The choir 

 of St Vincent at Rouen (1511-20), the church of Brou (1505-16), that of 

 St Merry in Paris (1520-1612), and the Cathedral of Orleans, begun 

 under Henry IV. and finished under Louis XV., are cases in point. 

 And in like manner the inconsequence of the mixed style continued 

 after assimilation had been completed in secular work. This is to be 

 explained both by the commonplace that men are most conservative in 



