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...Le larmier du couronnement des corniches qui passent au niveau des bas-côtés devant les contreforts des transsepts et du chœur, est muni de petits repos horizontaux, espacés les uns des autres de 0,40 c. à 0,50 c., qui forment comme des créneaux, et que Villart de Honnecourt, contemporain et ami de Robert de Coucy, appelle, dans ses curieuses notes, des carniaux réservés sur la pente des larmiers pour permettre aux ouvriers de circuler autour des contreforts, à l'extérieur....

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