THE STYLE OF FRANCIS I. 



Ill 



116. LIMOGES CATHEDRAL: PART OF ROOD-SCREEN (FROM CAST IN 

 TROCADERO MUSEUM, PARIS). 



Bourgonniere ; in slight traces on the exterior of the towers of Tours 

 Cathedral; on fittings such as the reredoses at St Andre-lez-Troyes, 

 Hattonchatel, and St Wulfran at Abbeville. 



Regarded as a whole, the style of Francis I. must be felt to 

 have fallen short of the highest achievements of architecture. It 

 often lacks the sense of the monumental. Consistent setting-out 



