RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE. 



AZAY-I.E-RlDEAU. 



44. WINDOWS AND DORMERS. 45. 



From a Drawing by G. G. Wornum. 



ENTRANCE BAY. 



ROOFS. The most striking external feature remained almost invariably 

 the steep lofty roof, either hipped or gabled, with its metal or pottery 

 embellishments: at Fontaine-Henri (Fig. 43) the roof occupies more 

 than half the total height. In contrast to English practice the French 

 then, as at most periods, gave a separate roof, usually hipped, to each 



