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...On voit encore, sur la croisée de l'ancienne église abbatiale d'Eu, la souche d'une flèche, du XV^e siècle, en charpente, dont la disposition originale mérite d'être signalée. C'était une pyramide passant du plan carré au plan octogone dans la hauteur du comble, de manière que l'inclinaison des faces se suivait, sans interruption, du faîtage de ces combles au sommet de la flèche. Ce système présentait une grande solidité...

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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