Secret of the Gothic

The Gothic Cathedral, by Otto von Simson. 367 pp. New York: Pantheon Books, Bollingen Series XLVII. $6.50

Professor von Simson, a German-American historian of art, makes no concession to the lay reader. His book is for scholars; anyone else undertaking to read it will require a good English dictionary and a working knowledge of French, German and medieval Latin—unless he is firmly resolved to ignore the footnotes which (I should say) considerably exceed the text in wordage.

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The Gothic Cathedral, by Otto von Simson. 367 pp. New York: Pantheon Books, Bollingen Series XLVII. $6.50

Professor von Simson, a German-American historian of art, makes no concession to the lay reader. His book is for scholars; anyone else undertaking to read it will require a good English dictionary and a working knowledge of French, German and medieval Latin—unless he is firmly resolved to ignore the footnotes which (I should say) considerably exceed the text in wordage.