THE STYLE OF HENRY II. 



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DOMES. Domes on a compara- 

 tively small scale were several times 

 attempted in the sixteenth century. 

 The earliest extant example of any 

 importance is the All Saints' Chapel 

 on the south side of Toul Cathedral; 

 probably by the same architect as 

 that of St Ursula, but a little later 

 (1535-45), and exhibiting the same 

 stylistic characteristics. In this case 

 the square has canted angles, and 

 arches carried on corbels in the en- 

 tablature of the second order reduce 

 the space to an octagon, and carry a 

 circular stone dome of elliptical sec- 

 tion and a stone lantern. Of the 

 various chapels designed by Philibert 

 de 1'Orme three at least were domical. 

 That in the forest of St Germain was 



hexagonal in plan, and seems to have had a low elliptical dome. The 

 so-called "temple" in the rark at Villers-Cotterets (Fig. 199) consisted 

 in a circular nave with apses on three sides, each a little more than semi- 

 circular, roofed with semicircular domes or portions of domes, and an 

 entrance on the fourth through a columnar pedimented portico, probably 

 the first of its kind in France. It was in connection with this feature 



196. 



ANET : MAUSOLEUM CHAPEL. 

 WEST FRONT. 



197. SECTION. 198. PLAN. 



ANET : MAUSOLEUM CHAPEL FROM DU CERCEAU. 

 No SCALE. 



