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...La curieuse église de Thaon, près de Caen, nous montre une partie de ses parements extérieurs décorés d'écailles de forme carrée, rappelant ces revêtements en bardeaux si fort en usage dans les constructions privées construites en pans-de-bois. Ces écailles sont quelquefois superposées ou le plus souvent contrariées, c'est-à-dire pleins sur vides, ainsi que l'indique la fig. 1...

This image comes from Dictionary of French Architecture from 11th to 16th Century (1856) by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879).

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