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40 metres above the rock, the Cloister with its double row of frail looking arches on the garden side, the slender columns, set in a quincunx pattern linked at the top by diagonal arches form a series of stable tripods supporting the roof; the spandrels between the moulded arches are decorated throughout with carved rosettes and foliage. the Merveille (Marvel), 13th century, thanks to a donation by the king of France, Philip Augustus who offered Abbot Jourdain, a grant for the construction of a new Gothic-style architectural set, Le Mont Saint Michel, Manche, Basse Normandie, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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40 metres above the rock, the Cloister with its double row of frail looking arches on the garden side, the slender columns, set in a quincunx pattern linked at the top by diagonal arches form a series of stable tripods supporting the roof; the spandrels between the moulded arches are decorated throughout with carved rosettes and foliage. the Merveille (Marvel), 13th century, thanks to a donation by the king of France, Philip Augustus who offered Abbot Jourdain, a grant for the construction of a new Gothic-style architectural set, Le Mont Saint Michel, Manche, Basse Normandie, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen