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...Frappés des inconvénients attachés au système adopté depuis le XII^e siècle, les architectes du XV^e sièc1e composèrent toutes leurs crêtes comme des balustrades, c'est-à-dire avec une tringle de fer horizontale, servant de couronnement au dessin choisi. C'est ainsi que sont composées les crêtes du comble de la Sainte-Chapelle de Paris réparé sous Charles VII, du faîtage de la tour Saint-Romain dépendant de la cathédrale de Rouen (8)...

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