He went with me first one day to the beautiful old Church of Santa Chiara, to show me the angevine tombs there, in which I satisfied a secret, lingering love for the Gothic; and then to the cathedral, where the sacristan showed us everything but the blood of St. Jannarius, perhaps because it was not then in the act of liquefying; but I am thankful to say I saw one of his finger-bones.
"Roman Holidays and Others"
W. D. Howells
The angevine style, seen here, is representative of but a very restricted area.
"The Cathedrals of Northern France"
Francis Miltoun
As characteristic of the angevine style, there is no triforium or clerestory, and hence, it is claimed, no necessity for flying buttresses, the support being accomplished by less graceful, if as effective, heavy square piers built into the outer wall.
"The Cathedrals of Northern France"
Francis Miltoun