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    the large breaches in the walls with harrows, caltrops, and chevaux de frise in preparation for the imminent assault. With three large gaps in the curtain...
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    were further decorated with small cabbage-shaped sculptures called chou-frisés. Eastern end of Wells Cathedral (begun 1175) West front of Reims Cathedral...
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