Cathedrals Of France: Popular Studies Of The Most Interesting French Cathedrals

Contents Page Aries 1 Lyon 6 Perigueux 13 Le Puy 18 Sens 25 Aix 31 Angouleme 38 Auxerre 43 Autun 49 Nevers 55 Angers 60 Troyes 65 Langres 71 Laon 78 Le Mans 83 Bordeaux 89 Albi 94 Coutances 103 Amiens 108 Notre Dame De Paris — Exterior 115 Interior 125 Rheims 131 Bourges 137 Chartres 142 Meaux 150 Beauvais 157 Orleans 164 Evreux 170 Tours 177 Rouen 182 Bayeux 190 Nantes 198 Bayonne 200 ILLUSTRATIONS The Arms of the Six Spiritual Peers of France in relief Cover FACADE OF RHEIMS CATHEDRAL Frontispiece ARLES Interior, looking East — Roman Amphitheatre — Details of Amphitheatre — Tower, from the Cloister — West Portal — The Cloisters — Detail of Western Portal. 1 LYON West Portal — Eastern Apse — South View — The West Front — The Manecanterie — Detail from Western Portal. 6 PERIGUEUX Domes and Cupolas — Choir and High Altar — South Aisle — From the Northeast — From the Southeast. 13 LE PUY West Front — The Cloister — Interior, looking East — From the Northwest — Northeast Portal — Fresco in the Library — The Cloister — Notre Dame du Puy. 18 SENS Details of Synodal Hall — Interior, looking East — Interior, looking West — West Front — South side Portal — West Window — The Synodal Hall from the Court —The Crypt. 25 AIX Western Portal — From the East — The Cloisters — Details of Western Doors — Wood Carving at Aix — West Portal and Statues of Sibyls — The Cloisters. 37 ANGOULEME Interior, looking East — Piers of Dome — Apse and Campanile — Western Facade. 38 AUXERRE Spire of St. Eusebe — South Transept Doorway — Western Front — Abbey Church of St. Germain — North Transept Door — Details of Sculpture at Auxerre. 43 AUTUN Western Portal — From the Southeast — The Central Spire — Nave, looking East — The Portal — Details of Capital. 49 NEVERS From the Northwest — From the Southwest — Interior, looking East — The Tower — Door of the Canons. 55 ANGERS Western Portal — Western Facade — Interior, from the Choir — Interior, looking East — Details of Byzantine Arcade. 60 TROYES Western Portal — From the Southeast — Interior, looking East — Western Tower — Details of Exterior Carving — Eastern Apse and Chapels. 65 LANGRES Ambulatory back of Chancel — South Aisle — From Southeast — Western Towers — Nave, looking East — Frieze and Columns of Choir. 71 LAON Interior, looking East — The Triforium — General View of Exterior, from Southeast — From the Northeast. 78 LE MANS West Portal — Interior, looking East — The Transept — Eastern Apse — Ambulatory 83 of the Choir — South Aisle — Exterior of South Transept. BORDEAUX From the Southeast — Tympanum of Western Door — Interior, from the East — 89 Interior, from the West — Western Facade — From the Northwest. ALBI The Jube — View of Albi Cathedral across the Tarn — Western Tower, from the Court of the Palace — Eastern Apse — The Choir, looking West — Choir — Statue of St. Cecilia — Fresco — Frescoes of the Roof. 94 COUTANCES From the South — Interior, looking West — West Front — Ambulatory of the Choir. 103 AMIENS Detail of Western Portal — The Portal of St. Honore — General View from Southwest — Western Facade — Interior — Interior, looking West — The Stalls. 108 NOTRE DAME Central Portal in Facade — Facade — From Northeast — Portal — Southern Portal in Facade — Rose-Windows of South Facade — Gargoyle on South Windows — Roof of Nave and Transepts from between the Towers — Detail of Balustrade — Detail of Left Portal — Flying Buttresses of the Apse — Detail of Portal — Detail of Right Portal — Biscornette and Vulture. 115 NOTRE DAME — Interior Columns of the Nave and of the South Aisle — The North Transept — Chapel of the Catechism, in the S. W. Tower — Triforium, South Side — The Nave, looking East — Looking West, from the Choir. 125 RHEIMS General View, from the Northwest — Interior, looking East — Western Facade — Details of Niche and Rose — Triforium — Western Rose — North Lateral Portal. 131 BOURGES From the Southeast - Western Portals — Interior, looking East — From the Northwest — Side Portal — The Crypt — Side Portal. 137 CHARTRES General View, from the Northwest — Interior, looking East — Western Portal — South Transept Portal — Western Facade — Detail of Western Portal — Detail of Western Portal — Rose of North Transept — Interior, from the Choir. 142 MEAUX South Transept Portal of St. Stephen — Nave, looking East — Statue of Bossuet in the Nave — Statue of Bossuet, side view — West Front — Choir, looking West — Interior of South Transept. 150 BEAUVAIS Portal of South Transept — North Transept — Portal of North Transept — Choir — East End — From Northeast. 157 ORLEANS South Transept Front — Tomb of Dupanloup — Interior, looking East — West Front — Detail of Tomb of Dupanloup — Detail of Tomb of Dupanloup. 164 EVREUX From the Southwest — General View — Windows of Eastern Apse — West Front — Flying Buttresses — Bishop's Palace — Wood Carving. 170 TOURS Western Portal — Central West Door — Western Towers — Nave, looking East S.J. — The Choir, looking West. 177 ROUEN West Front — Interior — From the Southeast, showing Tower of St. Romaine — West Front — Nave, from the Entrance — Tombs of Cardinals Georges D' Amboise and Georges D' Amboise Bussy — South Aisle — South Transept Portal. 182 BAYEUX From the Northeast — Interior, looking East — From the Southeast — From the Southwest — King Edward the Confessor — Harold's Visit to William — William Receives Harold — Harold' s Oath — Harold Crowned — William Builds Ships — Battle of Hastings. 190 NANTES Tomb of Francis II. — Facade and Towers — The Nave, looking West — The Nave, looking East — From the Southeast. 198 BAYONNE From the Northeast — Western Towers — Choir, looking West — Portal. 204 Digitized by Google.
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