...il existe encore, le long du flanc sud de la nef de la cathédrale de Laon, un cloître qui remplit exactement ces dernières conditions. L'espace étroit dont pouvait disposer l'architecte ne lui permit pas de donner à ce cloître la forme d'un carré en plan; ce n'est qu'une galerie composée de sept travées faisant face à l'église et s'y réunissant par une seule travée, de sorte que le préau donne un parallélogramme ayant en longueur sept fois sa largeur...

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