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The five apsidal chapels are brilliant with coloured glass, but otherwise are not remarkable.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

The crypt is one of the four apsidal cathedral crypts in England, the others being at Worcester, Winchester and Canterbury.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

The oldest portions are the nave, the chantry chapels, which are apsidal and are on either side of the choir, and the crypt.

From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George

The chevet, in which two broad aisles are carried round the apse with chapels alternately square and apsidal opening out of them, is perhaps the most perfect of all the schemes we know.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

The interior of the church is of great beauty, owing to the alternating of the piers carrying the eight arches with the columns set back in apsidal recesses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various