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Le Dictionnaire raisonné
Viollet-le-Duc was a prolific writer
Dictionnaire raisonné de-l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle (1854-68) is an explanation and codification of gothic architecture based on his close observations.
The important thing about the Dictionnaire for later architects is that Viollet-le-Duc believed that he had discerned principles that would be applicable to architecture at any time, so that modern architecture could transcend stale classicism.