Viollet-le-Duc

[ vyaw-le-luh-dyk ]

/ vyɔˈlɛ ləˈdük /

noun

Eu·gène Em·ma·nu·el

[œ-zhen e-ma-ny-el] /œˈʒɛn ɛ ma nüˈɛl/, 1814–79, French architect and writer.

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Viollet-le-Duc considered one of its galleries to belong to the oldest known type of cathedral cloister (8th or 9th century).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4|Various
As it stands to-day, the church has been completely restored by Viollet-le-Duc.
A Little Tour in France|Henry James
Viollet-le-Duc, Histoire de l'Habitation humaine, pp. 85-88.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)|Georges Perrot
Both the fortifications and the church were restored by Viollet-le-Duc between 1850 and 1880.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3|Various

There is an excellent drawing of the original altar in Viollet-le-Duc's dictionary.
The Churches of Paris|S. Sophia Beale

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Viollet-le-Duc

/ (French vjɔlɛlədyk) /

noun

Eugène Emmanuel (øʒɛn ɛmanɥɛl). 1814–79, French architect and leader of the Gothic Revival in France, noted for his dictionary of French architecture (1854–68) and for his restoration of medieval buildings

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