The Cathedrals of Northern France

Height of towers, 280 feet
Height of nave, 100 feet

Chronology

First bishops sent from Rome, IIIrd century
Cathedral destroyed by Huguenots, 1567
Chapels of nave which still remain, XIVth century
Late Gothic mainly of XVIIth century
Western towers completed, 1789

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

Dimensions

Length, 390 feet
Width, 144 feet
Height of nave, 102 feet
Diameter of rose windows in transept, 36
feet
Superficial area, 64,100 square feet

Chronology

Founded by Bishop de Sully, 1160-1170
High altar dedicated, 1182
Interior completed (approx.), 1208
West front, 1223-1230
Western towers, 1235
Transept portals, 1257

NOTRE DAME DE REIMS

Flying Buttresses,
Reims

Dimensions

Western towers, 267 feet
Area, 65,000 feet (approx.)

Chronology

First stone laid, 1212
First portion dedicated, 1215
Chapter takes possession of choir, 1244
Nave commenced, 1250
Transept and abside ornamented, 1295
South tower begun and completed, 1380-1391
Coronation of Charles VII., 1427
Southwest tower completed by Philastre, 1430
Tapestries added to choir, 1444
Belfry of the Angel built, 1497
Gable of the Assumption and Zodiac, 1408
Reëstablishment of grand altar, 1547
Repairs to portals and vaulting, 1610
Cathedral becomes national property, 1790
Exterior repairs and restoration, 1811
General restorations, 1840
2,083,411 francs voted by Chamber for restorations, 1875
Gifts of Gobelin tapestries, 1848

NOTRE DAME DE ROUEN

Dimensions

Length of nave and choir, 450 feet
Width, including transepts, 177 feet
Width of nave and aisles, 105 feet
Length of choir only, 118 feet
Height of nave, 92 feet
Height of central spire, 480 feet
Height of Tour de Beurre, 252 feet
Height of Tour St. Romain, 246 feet
Area (originally), 53,000 square feet

Chronology

First church founded on site of cathedral by St. Mellar, VIIth century
Cathedral enlarged under Rollo, who was buried therein in 930
Consecrated and dedicated, 1063
Tour St. Romain, remains of, XIth century
Destroyed by fire, 1200
New building completed, XIIIth century
Portail de la Calende, XIVth century
Tour de Beurre laid, 1487
Tour de Beurre completed, 1507
Flamboyant west front, XVIth century
Altar of St. Romain, XVIIth century
Tomb of the Cardinals, 1556
Central spire, 1823
Restoration of west front, 1897

ST. ETIENNE DE SENS

Dimensions

Length, 384 feet
Width, 124 feet
Height, 98 feet
Area, 44,000 square feet

Chronology

Relique of True Cross given by Charlemagne, 800 A. D.
Early church destroyed by fire, 970
New church dedicated, 997
Present building completed, 1168
Choir rebuilt, 1174
Present transept and nave, XIIth and XIIIth centuries
Glass in chapel of St. Savinien, XIIIth century
Glass of rose windows, XVIth century
Mausoleum of the Dauphin, XVIIIth century

BASILIQUE DE ST. DENIS

Dimensions

Length of nave and choir, 354 feet
Width, 133 feet
Clerestory windows (height), 33 feet

Chronology

Chapel first built above grave of St. Dionysius the martyr, 275 A. D.
Benedictine abbey first founded here in reign of Dagobert, 628
Pope Stephen took refuge here, 754
Romanesque façade, 1140
Consecration of the building, 1144
Nave, XIIIth century
Abbot Suger died, 1151
General restoration by Suger's successors, XIIIth century
Crenelated battlement added to façade, XIVth century
Spire burned by lightning, XIXth century
General restoration by Viollet-le-Duc, 1860
Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette reinterred here (removed from
the Madeleine), 1817

NOTRE DAME DE ST. OMER

Dimensions

The great bell of tower weighs 8,500 kilos.

Chronology

Bishopric founded, 1533
Astronomical clock, XVIth century
Tomb of St. Erkembode, VIIIth century
Tomb of St. Omer restored, XIIIth century
Former Episcopal Palace, now Palais de Justice, 1680

ST. GATIEN DE TOURS

Dimensions

Length of nave and choir, 256 feet
Width, 95 feet

Chronology

Choir begun, 1170
Tour Charlemagne, XIth century
Tour St. Martin, XIIth century
Transepts, 1316
West façade, 1430-1500
Southwest tower, 1507
Tomb of children of Charles VIII., 1483

ST. PIERRE DE TROYES

Dimensions

Length, 394 feet
Width, 168 feet
Height, 96 feet
Height northwest tower, 202 feet

Chronology

Apse and chapels, 1206-1223
Choir and transepts, 1314-1315
Iron grille of choir, XIIIth century
Church consecrated, 1430
West façade, XVth century
Nave constructed during XIVth, XVth, XVIth centuries
North gable, XVth century
Tower St. Pierre, 1559-1568
Northwest tower demolished by lightning, 1700
Vaulting of transepts fell, 1840
Restoration of choir and transepts, 1840

VII

The French Kings from Charlemagne Onward

	A. D.		A. D.
Charlemagne	768	Philip VI., de Valois	1328
Louis le Débonnaire	814	John II., the Good	1350
Charles le Chauve	840	Charles V., le Sage	1364
Louis II., le Bègue	877	Charles VI., the Beloved	1380
Louis III.	879	Charles VII., the Victorious	1422
Carloman	879	Louis XI.	1461
Charles le Gros	884	Charles VIII.	1483
Eudes	887	Louis XII., of Orleans	1498
Charles III., the Simple	893	Francis I.	1515
Robert I.	922	Henry II.	1547
Rodolf of Burgundy	923	Francis II.	1559
Louis IV., the Stranger	936	Charles IX.	1560
Lothaire	954	Henry III.	1574
Louis V., le Fainéant	986	Henry IV., the Great	1589
Hugh Capet	987	Louis XIII., the Just	1610
Robert II., the Wise	996	Louis XIV., le Grand	1643
Henry I.	1031	Louis XV.	1715
Philip I., l'Amoureux	1060	Louis XVI.	1774
Louis VI., le Gros	1108	Revolutionary Tribunal	1793
Louis VII., le Jeune	1137	Directory	1795
Philip Augustus	1180	Napoleon, Consul	1799
Louis VIII., the Lion	1223	Napoleon I., Emperor	1804
Louis IX., the Saint	1226	Louis XVIII.	1814
Philip III., the Hardy	1270	Charles X.	1824
Philip IV., the Fair	1285	Louis Philippe	1830
Louis X., Hutin	1314	Republic	1848
John I.	1316	Napoleon III., Emperor	1852
Philip V.	1316	Republic	1870
Charles IV., le Bel	1322

VIII

Measurements of the Cathedrals at Amiens and Salisbury

(Whittington)

	Amiens	Salisbury
	French feet	English feet
Length east to west	415	452
Length west door to choir	220	246
Length behind choir, including lady-chapel	63	65
Length transepts north to south	182	210
Width nave	42.9	34.5
Width transept	42.9
Width side aisles	18	17.5
Width windows	41	48
Width nave and side aisles	78.9	102
Width west front	150	115
Height vault, nave	132	84
Height vault, choir	129
Height west towers	210
Height chapels	60
Height side aisles, nave	60.8
Height side aisles, choir	57.8	38
Distance between pillars	16
Height grand arches	78	78
Number of pillars	46
Number of chapels	25
Length of choir	130	140

(The old French foot is the equal of 1.06576 English feet.)

The above comparative measurements are given as being of the contemporary types of English and French cathedrals, being nearly approximate to each other as to the date of their erection and measurements. The figures themselves are transcribed from a little-known but thoroughly conscientious work by G. D. Whittington, entitled "Contributions to an Ecclesiastical Survey of France."

IX

French Metres Reduced to English Feet

Metres	English feet and decimal parts	Metres	English feet and decimal parts	Metres	English feet and decimal parts
1	3.281	20	65.618	300	984.270
2	6.562	30	98.427	400	1312.360
3	9.843	40	131.236	500	1640.450
4	13.123	50	164.045	600	1968.539
5	16.404	60	196.854	700	2296.629
6	19.685	70	229.663	800	2624.719
7	22.966	80	262.472	900	2952.809
8	26.247	90	295.281	1000	3280.899
9	29.528	100	328.090
10	32.809	200	656.180

X

A Brief Glossary of architectural terms, with popular definitions, as applied to the components which compose the principal features of a cathedral church

No. 1. Ground Plan

A	Lady-chapel	The principal chapel, usually behind the high altar, at the extremity or eastern end of choir, dedicated to Our Lady (Notre Dame)
B	Transept	The middle portion of a church, which projects at right angles with the main body of nave and choir
C	Porch	Usually the vestibule or receding doorway
D	Lantern or crossing	Where the transept crosses and joins choir and nave, usually with windows, if a lantern proper
E	Choir	That portion of the edifice in which are stalls for the choristers, and chapter, also containing the Maître d'Autel
F	Ambulatory	The aisles or colonnade which surround the choir
G	Chapels	Literally a small place of worship containing an altar. In a great church, which may contain several, they are usually dedicated to male and female saints
H	Nave	The main body of a church, extending from the choir to the principal façade; i. e. that part between the outer aisles
I	Aisles	The lateral passage on either side of the nave and separated therefrom by piers or pillars
J	Portal	Literally, the framework of a doorway
K	Abside	The domed easterly end of a church
L	Sacristy	The apartment in which is kept the church plate and vestments

No. 2. Cross Section

A	Nave aisle vaulting	The arched roof of stone
B	Nave vaulting	The arched roof of stone
C	Flying buttress	A supporting outside prop of the thrust variety. Notably a distinguishing feature of mediæval Gothic architecture
D	Side aisle	The passage which flanks the nave
E	Buttress pier	The outer support of a flying buttress
F	Pinnacle	On towers, buttress piers, gables, etc.
G	Gargoyle	A projecting water-spout carved grotesquely
H	Niche	A recess in a wall, or surmounting a pier; primarily to hold a statue

No. 3 Interior

A	Clerestory	The upper range of windows of the nave; rising above the adjoining portions
B	Triforium	Literally, a blind window--a range of openings, or possibly an arcade-effect only, coming below the clerestory and above the lower arches of the nave
C	Arch (between nave and aisle)	Joining the piers or pillars which separate nave from aisles
D	Pillars (of nave)	Commonly called pillars, columns, and piers, but more often are literally pillars, being made up of blocks of stone one upon another
E	Vaulting	The stone arched roof
F	West wall	Here, in the true Gothic church, is usually found a rose window, though often obscured by the organ case
G	Arcaded gallery	A feature frequently seen in the interior of great churches, as distinct from the triforium. Either decorative or of practical value
H	Pavement	The floor, always of stone, and often of marble or mosaic

No. 4. Cross Section

A	Flying buttresses	A thrust support, or prop, extending from the main fabric to an outer pier
B	Timber roof	The timber or scantling above the nave, which supports the outer tiled or leaden roofing
C	Nave	The main body of a church
D	Aisle	The passage which flanks the nave
E	Outer aisle	A second or outer passage flanking the nave
F	Stairway to roof of aisle	Stairways from the interior pavement, leading to triforium, belfry, or roof
G	Crypt	In reality a lower or subterranean church or chapel; from crypta, to hide
H	Buttress pier	The outer support of a flying buttress, or one lying directly against the wall which it strengthens

INDEX

Abélard, 94.
Acquitaine, 176, 211.
Adela, mother of King Stephen of Blois, 121.
Agrippa, 134.
Aisne, Department of the, 134.
Alençon, Bishop of, 307.
Alençon, Notre Dame d', 296-298.
Amboise, Cardinal d', 84, 90.
Amboise, Georges d', 85, 90.
Amiens, 32, 35, 37, 61, 62, 117, 129, 133, 200, 267, 272, 278.
Amiens, Bishop of, 65.
Amiens, Cathedral at, 140, 141, 384.
Amiens, Flying buttresses at, 67.
Amiens, Notre Dame d', 64, 69, 72, 366, 367.
"Ampoule, Sainte," The, 25, 143.
Angers, 119, 149.
Angers, Bishop's Palace at, 181.
Angers, Castle at, 175.
Angers, David d', 235.
Angers, St. Maurice d', 147, 173-182, 367, 368.
Angevine Churches, The, 215.
Angevine details at Le Mans, 115.
Angevine style of architecture, The, 176, 180.
Angoulême, 15.
Anjou, 115.
Anjou, Counts of, 175.
Anjou, Dukes of, 173, 181.
Anjou, Margaret of, 173.
Anne of Brittany, 169, 184.
Anne, Duchess (see also Anne of Brittany), 188.
Antwerp, 126.
Architectural divisions of France, 34.
Ardennes, Department of the, 134.
Arles, 33.
Arras, 15, 184, 226.
Arras, Belfry at, 245;
- Citadel of, 244;
- Hôtel de Ville, 245.
Arras, St. Vaast d', 242-246, 368.
Artois, 237, 242.
Assisi, St. Francis of, 188.
Attila, 132.
Attila, Attack on Aurelianum, 150.
Attila, Defeat at Chalons, 251.
Augustus, 134.
Aurelian, 150, 226.
Autun, 33, 257, 258.
Autun, St. Lazare d', 257-261, 368.
Auvergne, 151.
Auvergnat Churches, The, 215.
Auxerre, 215.
Auxerre, Bishops of, 194.
Auxerre, Episcopal Palace at, 195.
Auxerre, St. Etienne d', 191-196, 369.
Auxonne, Notre Dame d', 220.
Avignon, 33.
Avranches, 321.
Avranches, Notre Dame de, 326-328.
Azon, 307.
Baldwin of Hainault, 237.
Balzac, 164.
Bayeux, 285.
Bayeux, Odo, Bishop of, 311, 312.
Bayeux, Notre Dame de, 310-314, 369.
Bayeux, Tapestry of, 310, 311.
Beauvais, 13, 19, 20, 32, 35, 37, 61, 69, 117-119, 133, 200, 267.
Beauvais, Bishop of, 52, 303.
Beauvais, Romano-Byzantine work at, 75.
Beauvais, Cathedral of St. Pierre, 28, 70-76, 140, 369.
Beaux Arts, Département de, 23, 340.
Beaux Arts, Palais des, 96.
Becket, St. Thomas à, 54, 280, 282, 327.
Bedford, Duke of, 90.
Belgica, Secunda, 132.
Bellegambe, 244.
Bellêne, Count of, 307.
Belmas, Bishop, 235.
Benedictine Abbey at St. Denis, 93.
Berengaria, Queen, 113, 120.
Bernard de Soissons, 138.
Berry, Duc de, 96, 108.
Besançon, 27, 32, 223, 225.
Bethléem, Bishop of, 31.
Bishop's Palace, The (Amiens), 67.
Bishop's Palace, The, at Beauvais, 76.
"Black Angers," 174 (see Shakespeare on Angers).
Blanche of Castile, 66, 169.
Blois, 18, 149, 210, 215.
Blois, Chateau of, 157.
Blois, Counts of, 121.
Blois, King Stephen of, 121.
Blois, St. Louis de, 156.
Bonn, Minster at, 50.
Borgia, Cæsar, 182.
Borromée, 244.
Boulogne-sur-Mer, 223, 225.
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Notre Dame de, 231-233.
Bourassé, Abbé, 108, 211, 260, 279, 303.
Bourges, 33, 37, 61, 215.
Bourges, St. Etienne de, 139, 199-208, 370.
Brest, 348.
Bretagne, Duc de, 187.
Briceius, 165.
Brittany, 12, 20, 27, 32.
Brittany, Chancellor of, 182.
Brittany, Duchy of, 184.
Bruges, 262.
Burgundy, 258, 259, 262.
Byzantine influences at Bourges, 202.
Byzantine tendencies, 13;
- conception, 27.
Caen, 285.
Cæsar, burned Orleans, 150.
Calixtus II., 133.
Calvin (John), 51.
Cambrai, 15, 226.
Cambrai, Notre Dame de, 234-236.
Capet, Hugh, 51.
Carcassonne, 33.
Carlovingian Dynasty, The, 94.
Carrier, 183.
Cathedrals, The Grand, 23.
Cathedrals of the North, 26.
"Caveau Imperial," The, at St. Denis, 95.
Chalons (sur Marne), 132, 133, 226.
Chalons-sur-Marne, St. Etienne de, 251-253, 371.
Chambidge, Martin, 276.
Chambord, 18, 210, 214.
Champagne, Counts of, 274.
Chancellor of Brittany, 182.
Chantilly, Chateau of, 50.
Charlemagne, 51, 133, 282.
Charlemagne, Tour de, 165.
Charles of Anjou, 120.
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 262-263.
Charles (King), 212.
Charles V., 240, 282.
Charles VII., 30, 138, 144.
Charles VIII., 17, 169, 184.
Charles X., 24, 144.
Chartres, 20, 30, 33, 35, 61, 62, 113, 210, 215, 278, 338.
Chartres, Celtic foundation of, 124.
Chartres, Counts of, 121.
Chartres, Details at, 87.
Chartres, Jean de, 187.
Chartres, Notre Dame de, 121, 139, 140, 141, 371.
Chartres, Spires of Cathedral at, 125, 267.
Chaste Susanne, Painting of, 220.
Chateau of the Italian Dukes (at Nevers), 210.
Chateaux of the Loire, 18, 32, 148.
Chaucer's "Temple of Mars," 86.
Chaumont, 18.
Chenonceau, 18, 210.
Childeric, 132, 133.
Cires-les-Mello, 35.
Clamecy, 31.
Clement, Eudes, 99.
Clotilda, wife of Clovis, 133.
Clovis, 22, 30, 138, 139, 143, 144, 224.
Clovis, Baptism of, 133.
Coligny, 151.
Cologne, Apse-sided transepts at, 50.
Cologne, Cathedral at, 20, 37, 135, 141.
Colomb, Michel, 187, 332.
Colombiers, 315.
Commercy, Jacquemin de, 250.
Commission des Monuments Historiques, 35, 170, 176, 213.
Compiègne, Chateau of, 50.
Condés, The, 153.
Constant, 282.
Cormier, Jean, 129.
Corroyer, 349.
Coucy, Chateau of, 50.
Coutances, 267, 285, 286, 321.
Coutances, Notre Dame de, 321-325.
Creil, 35.
Croixmore, Abp. Robert de, 84.
Crusaders, The, 14.
Dagobert I., 93.
D'Arc, Jeanne, 151, 303.
Dauphins of France, The, 170.
Da Vinci, 157.
De Breze, Louis, 89.
De Breze, Pierre, 89.
De Caumont, "Abécêdaire'd Architecture," 33, 349.
De Sauteuil, 106.
Descartes, 164.
Descent from the Cross, The (by Rubens), 239.
Devils of Notre Dame, The, 106.
Dieppe, 285.
Dijon, 27, 223, 258.
Dijon, St. Bénigne of, 225, 262-265.
Dinan, 335.
Dol-de-Bretagne, Façade at, 98.
Dol-de-Bretagne, St. Samson de, 329-332.
Domenichino, 272.
Domfront, 321.
Douai, 244.
Du Bellay Langey, 120.
Dufêtre, Mgr., 211.
Duroctorum, 132.
East of Paris, 221.
Eastern influences at Bourges, 202.
Ebo, Bishop of Reims, 136.
Edict of Nantes, The, 183.
Edward III., 129.
English characteristics of Gothic, 45, 68.
Estonteville, Cardinal d', 88.
Evreux, 32.
Evreux, Notre Dame d', 288-295, 372.
Exeter, 114.
Falise, 321.
Fenelon, 235, 236.
Fergusson, quoted, 12, 56, 126, 139.
Fiesole, Jérôme de, 187.
Flemish school of painting, 244.
Flemish wood-carving, 90.
Florence, 33.
Flying buttresses, Notre Dame de Paris, 28;
- Notre Dame d'Amiens, 28;
- Tours, 167.
Foix, Marguerite de, 187.
Fouilloy, Evrard de, 65.
France, Architectural divisions of, 34.
France, Ecclesiastical capital of, 133.
France, Kings of, 24, 93, 383.
Francis I., 74.
Francis II., Tomb of, 187.
Franks, The, 22.
Franks, The Ripuarian, 133.
Franks, Invasion of, 132, 133, 224.
Frankish influence, 11.
Freeman, Prof. Aug., 113, 248, 311.
Fréjus, 15.
French Flanders, 41.
French Gothic Architecture, 38.
French Mediæval Architecture, 38.
French Revolution, The, 31, 43, 44, 52, 55, 96, 99, 103, 142, 184, 226.
Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres, 129.
"Gallery of Kings," at Amiens, 67.
Gallery of Kings, The (at Reims), 138, 178.
Gaucher, 138.
Geeraerts (of Antwerp), 235.
Genabum (of Gallia), 150.
Genoa, 157.
German manner of building, 27.
Ghent, 242, 262.
Gisors, 35.
Gobelin Tapestries, 76, 143.
Gonsé, 349.
Good God of Amiens, The, 66.
Gothic, Development of, 14, 24;
- Rudimentary, 16;
- Anti, 18;
- Non, 18.
Goujon, Jean, 89, 170.
Gourney, 35.
Grand Cathedrals, The, 12, 20, 35, 61-63.
Granville, 321.
Grouin, 345.
Guillaume of Sens, 225.
Guillaume Bras-de-Fer, 323.
Hachette, Jeanne, 76.
Haffreingue, Mgr., 233.
Henry I., 129, 133.
Henry II. (of France), 113, 166, 249.
Henry II. (of England), 282, 301, 325.
Henry IV., 30, 96, 133, 153, 183.
Henry of Navarre, 129.
House of the Kings, The, 144.
Hugh II., 215.
Hugo's "Notre Dame," 106.
Huguenots, The, 153, 195.
Humbert, Alberic de, 137.
Irene, Princess, 130.
Isle de la Cité, 105, 106.
Isle of France, 12, 27, 61.
Italian influences, 17.
Ivor (Bishop of Chartres), 212.
James (Henry), 163, 204.
Jean sans Peur, 265.
Jensen, Nicolas, 164.
Joannes, Abbé, 253.
John, Duke of Bedford, 90.
John the Baptist, 69.
Jovinus, Tomb of, 142.
Juste, 170.
"Kreisker," The (at St. Pol de Leon), 345.
La Hougue, 345.
Langres, 32.
Langres, La Montagne de, 218.
Langres, St. Mammes de, 218-220.
Laon, 20, 32, 41, 61, 325.
Laon, Notre Dame de, 43-46, 49, 139, 372-373.
Laon, Palais de Justice, 46.
Last Judgment, The (at Bourges), 204.
Le Mans, 32, 61, 62, 120, 121, 124, 168, 200, 210, 338.
Le Mans, German invasion of, 120.
Le Mans, Notre Dame de la Cloture, 180.
Le Mans, St. Julien, 113-120, 373, 374.
Leo III., 133.
Leo IX., 307.
Le Puy, 33.
Lescornel, 219.
Le Tellier, 144.
Le Veneur, Bishop, 292.
Libergier, 142.
Limoges, 151.
Lisieux, 285, 286, 301.
Lisieux, St. Pierre de, 301-304.
Loire, Cathedrals of the, 145.
Loire, Valley of the, 147, 148.
Loire, Chateaux of, 18, 32, 147.
Longsword, William, 89.
Lorraine, Abbé, 143.
Loudon, Geoffroy de, 118.
Louis le Débonnaire, 133.
Louis le Gros, 133.
Louis I., 136.
Louis VI., 94.
Louis XI., 208, 246.
Louis XII., 184.
Louis XII., Tomb of, at St. Denis, 19.
Louis XIV., 144.
Louis XVI., 96, 282.
Louis XVIII., 31, 96, 143.
Louis Philippe, 31.
Louviers, 127, 297.
Low Countries, The, 16, 20.
Lowell (James Russell), "A Day in Chartres," 126.
Lowell, Hon. E. J., 310.
Luitgarde, 165.
Luzarche, Robert de, 65.
Madeleine, The, 96.
Maid of Orleans, The, 81, 94, 144, 151.
Maine, 114.
Maine, Count of, 120.
Mainz, 214.
Mansard, 159, 240.
Margaret of Anjou, 173, 181.
Marie Antoinette, 96.
Marie de Medicis, 182.
Marie Louise, 95.
Marne, Department of, 132, 134.
Marne, River, 270.
Martel, Charles, 133.
Matilda, queen of William the Conqueror, 129, 310, 311.
Mazarin (Cardinal), 210.
Meaux, 270.
Meaux, St. Etienne de, 270-273, 374.
Medicis, Marie de, 182.
Mère de Dieu, 66.
Metz, 227, 248, 249.
Méyron, Etchings of, 106.
Montbray, Geoffroy de, 323.
Monthery, 89.
Mont St. Michel, 321, 337, 338;
- Abbey of, 338.
Monuments, Historical, 23, 340.
Moorish type of architecture at Bourges, 201.
Moors of Spain, The, 202.
Moselle, Valley of the, 226.
Moulins, 36.
Musée des Petits Augustines, 96.
Nancy, 226.
Nancy, Cathedral at, 227.
Nantes, 20, 32, 148, 149.
Nantes, Edict of, 183.
Nantes, St. Pierre de, 183, 374, 375.
Naples, 157.
Napoleon I., 31, 103;
- Marriage of, 95.
Napoleon III., 31, 99.
Narbonne, 151.
"Narthex, Burgundian," 258.
Netherlands, The, 14.
Neuss, Apse-sided transepts at, 50.
Nevers, 33, 277.
Nevers, St. Cyr and St. Juliette de, 209.
Nevers, St. Etienne de, 212, 216.
Nevers, The Pont du Loire, 209.
Nevers, Tour Gougin, 213;
- Tour St. Eloi, 213.
Nicman, Archbishop, 136.
Nièvre, Counts of, 210.
Nîmes, 33.
Nivernais, The, 210.
Nogent-les-Vierges, 35.
Normandy, 115, 176.
Normandy, Duke of, 89.
Norsemen, The, 82.
Notre Dame d'Alençon, 296-298.
Notre Dame d'Amiens, 64-69, 72, 366, 367.
Notre Dame d'Auxonne, 220.
Notre Dame de Bayeux, 310-314, 369.
Notre Dame de Boulogne-sur-Mer, 231-233.
Notre Dame de Cambrai, 234-236.
Notre Dame de Chartres, 121, 139-141, 371.
Notre Dame de Coutances, 321-325.
Notre Dame d'Evreux, 288-295, 372.
Notre Dame de la Cloture (Le Mans), 180.
Notre Dame de Laon, 43-46, 372.
Notre Dame de l'Epine, 251.
Notre Dame de Noyon, 29, 49-53, 199, 375, 376.
Notre Dame de Paris, 28, 49, 101-107, 139, 140, 199, 376, 377.
Notre Dame de Reims, 132-144, 248, 249.
Notre Dame de Rouen, 37, 49, 79-90, 139, 338, 378, 379.
Notre Dame de St. Lo, 315-318.
Notre Dame de St. Omer, 237-241, 380.
Notre Dame de Senlis, 266-269.
Noviodunum, 51.
Noyades, The, 184.
Noyon, 20, 32, 41, 117, 127, 268.
Noyon, Notre Dame de, 29, 49-53, 199, 375, 376.
Odericus Vitalis, Bishop, 302.
Odon, 323.
Oise, The River, 50.
Onfroy, 323.
Orange, 184.
Oriflamme, The, 94.
Orleans, 33, 148, 149.
Orleans, Captured by Clovis, 151, 152.
Orleans Family, The, 169.
Orleans, German occupation of, 151.
Orleans, St. Croix d', 150-155, 376.
Orleans, The Maid of, 81, 94, 144, 151.
Palais de Justice, Beauvais, 76.
Paramé, 335.
Paris, 20, 61, 267.
Paris, Documentary history of, 26.
Paris, East of, 221.
Paris, Notre Dame de, 28, 49, 101-107, 139, 140, 199, 217, 376, 377.
Paroissien, Poncelet, 142.
Pepersack Tapestries at Reims, The, 143.
Pepin, 94, 133.
Périgueux, 15, 33.
Perpetus, Bishop of Tours, 165.
Perréal, Jehan, 187.
Perrifonds, Chateau of, 50.
Philastre, Cardinal, 137.
Philippe Augustus, 24, 34, 117.
Philippe le Bon, 262.
Philippe le Hardi, 66, 265.
Picardy, 184.
Picardy, Patron Saint of, 69.
Plantagenets, Cradle of the, 173.
Poitiers, 33.
Poitiers, Diane de, 89.
Pont du Loire, Nevers, 209.
Pope Stephen, 94.
Portal de St. Honoré (Amiens), 67.
Portal de la Vierge Dorée (Amiens), 67.
Porte d'Arroux, Autun, 257.
Porte St. Andre, Autun, 257.
Provence, 211.
Quimper, 27, 32, 348.
Quimper, St. Corentin de, 348-350.
Rabelais, 164.
Rabida, "Bretagne" of, 338.
Raphael, Tapestry cartoons at S. Kensington, 76.
Reclus, 215.
Regnault, 187.
Regnier, Cardinal, 235.
Reims, 32, 35, 37, 128, 129, 224, 226, 278.
Reims, Baptism of Clovis at, 30.
Reims, Capture of, by Vandals, 132.
Reims, Cathedral at, 24.
Reims, Details at, 87.
Reims, Devastation at, 25.
Reims, Notre Dame de, 93, 132-144, 248, 249.
Reims, Portals of Cathedral, 66.
Reims, Roman remains at, 134.
Reims, St. Nicaise of, 82.
Remi, Capital of the, 132.
Renaissance, The, 16.
Renaissance Architecture at Bourges, 201.
Renaissance façade at Tours, 166, 167.
Renaissance wood-carving, 46.
René, King, 173, 175, 181.
Reni, Guido, 272.
Rennes, 15.
Revolution, The French, 31, 43, 44, 52, 55, 96, 99, 103, 142, 184, 226.
Rhine, The, 23, 27, 223.
Rhine Provinces, The, 14.
Rhône, The, 36.
Richard Cœur-de-Lion, 90, 113, 120.
Richard the Fearless, 83.
Rigobert, Bishop, 133.
Robert I., Duke of Burgundy, 258, 260.
Robert, son of Tancrede-de-Hauteville, 323.
Roger, son of Tancrede-de-Hauteville, 323.
Rohan, Cardinal de, 243.
Rollo, 82, 89.
Romanesque tendencies, 13, 27, 44;
- types, 20, 21.
Roman power, Decline of, 26.
Roman remains at Reims, 134.
Romans, The, at Genabum (Orleans), 150.
Romano-Byzantine work at Beauvais, 75.
Romano-Byzantine nave at Le Mans, 115.
Rome, 33.
Rosary, Chapel of the (Soissons), 57.
Roscoff, 345.
Rouen, 19, 35, 37, 61, 62.
Rouen, Cathedral at, 37, 49, 79-90, 139, 338, 378, 379.
Rouen, Notre Dame de, 37, 49, 79-90, 139, 338, 378, 379.
Rouen, Tour de Beurre, 204.
Royal Domain, The, 223.
Royale, Rue (Tours), 163.
Royamont, 35.
Rubens, 235, 238.
Rubens, "Adoration" by (Soissons), 58.
Rumaldi, 136.
Ruskin on Rouen Cathedral, 85.
Ruskin, quoted, 72, 81, 128, 285, 302.
St. Aignan, 150.
St. Bénigne (Monk of Dijon), 225.
St. Bénigne (Cathedral), 262-265.
St. Bertin, Abbey of (St. Omer), 225, 240.
St. Brieuc, 339, 342.
St. Brieuc, Cathedral of, 342-344.
St. Corentin, Cathedral of, 27.
St. Corentin de Quimper, 348-350.
St. Croix, Abbey of, 318.
St. Croix d'Orleans, 150-155, 376.
St. Cyr and St. Juliette de Nevers, 209.
St. Denis, 19, 61.
St. Denis, Abbey of, 93.
St. Denis, Abbot of, 94.
St. Denis, Basilique de, 93-100, 379.
St. Denis, Church of (at St. Omer), 225.
St. Denis, Crypt of, 96.
St. Deodatus, 254.
St. Dié, 226, 254-256.
St. Dié (Cathedral), 255, 256.
St. Dionysius, 97, 98.
St. Etienne d'Auxerre, 191-196, 369.
St. Etienne de Bourges, 199-208, 370.
St. Etienne (Châlons-sur-Marne), 251-253, 371.
St. Etienne de Meaux, 270-273, 374.
St. Etienne du Mont (Paris), 15, 19.
St. Etienne de Nevers, 212, 216.
St. Etienne de Sens, 279-282, 379.
St. Etienne de Toul, 247-250.
St. Eustache, Church of, Paris, 196.
St. Fermin the Martyr, 67, 68.
St. Francis of Assisi, 188.
St. Gatien de Tours, 147, 163, 206, 381.
St. Gengoult, Church of (Toul), 248.
St. Germain, Church of (at Auxerre), 195.
St. Jean the Evangel, 218.
St. Jean des Vignes, Abbey of, 54.
St. John, 69.
St. Julien, Church of (at Tours), 169.
St. Julien, Le Mans, 113-120, 373, 374.
St. Laud, Bishop, 315.
St. Lazare d'Autun, 257-261, 368.
St. Lo, 285, 321.
St. Lo, Notre Dame de, 315-318.
St. Louis, 34, 66, 188, 314.
St. Louis, Arms of, 169.
St. Louis de Blois, 156.
St. Louis de Versailles, Cathedral of, 108.
St. Maclou, Church of (Rouen), 19, 81.
St. Malo, 335, 338.
St. Malo, Cathedral of, 336-338.
St. Mammes de Langres, 218-220.
Ste. Marguerite, 188.
St. Martin (of Tours), 165.
St. Martin, Tour de (at Tours), 165.
St. Maurice d'Angers, 147, 173-182, 367, 368.
St. Nazaire (Autun), 258.
St. Nicaise, 82, 136, 142.
St. Nicolas de Coutances, 325.
St. Mellor, 82.
St. Omer, 27, 223, 225.
St. Omer, Notre Dame de, 237 241, 380.
St. Ouen, Church of (Rouen), 15, 30, 80, 87, 241, 277.
St. Peter's, at Rome, 20.
"St. Peter's of the North," 71.
"St. Peter's of the South," 13.
St. Peter and Paul, Church of (at Tours), 165.
St. Pierre d'Aleth, 336.
St. Pierre de Beauvais, 28, 70-76, 140, 369.
St. Pierre de Coutances, 325.
St. Pierre de Lisieux, 301-304.
St. Pierre de Nantes, 183, 374, 375.
St. Pierre de Troyes, 274-278, 381, 382.
St. Pol de Leon, 255, 339, 345.
St. Pol de Leon, Cathedral of, 345-347.
St. Potentien, 279.
St. Quentin, Maze at, 131.
St. Remi, 31, 133, 134, 136.
St. Samson, 329-332.
St. Savinien, 279, 282.
St. Sepulchre, Church of (at St. Omer), 240.
St. Servan, 335, 338.
St. Sixte, 132.
St. Urbain, 275.
St. Vaast d'Arras, 242-246, 345, 368.
St. Yves, 341.
"Sainte Ampoule," The, 25, 143.
Salisbury, Cathedral at, 64, 384.
Salisbury, John of, 129.
Saracen type of architecture at Bourges, 201.
Séez, 61, 267, 277, 305.
Séez, Notre Dame de, 305-309.
Seine, The, 36, 106.
Seine and Loire (by J. M. W. Turner), 169.
Seine, Department of, 108.
Senlis, 266.
Senlis, Notre Dame de, 266-269.
Sens, 61, 279.
Sens, Guillaume of, 225, 280.
Sens, St. Etienne de, 279-282, 379.
Seville, Cathedral at, 20.
Shakespeare on Angers (in "King John"), 173.
Societé des Monuments Historiques, 35, 170, 176.
Soissons, 20, 32, 41, 117, 133, 268.
Soissons, Bombardment of, by the Germans, 56.
Soissons, Notre Dame de, 54-58.
South Kensington, 272.
Stephen, Pope, 136.
Stevenson (Robert Louis), 28, 42.
Strasbourg, 248.
Strasburg, Cathedral at, 126, 135, 227.
Suger, Abbot, The, 94, 97.
"Suisse, The," 80.
Tancrede-de-Hauteville, 323.
Tapestries at Angers, 181.
Tapestries at Bayeux, 310-311.
Tapestries at Le Mans, 120.
Tapestries at Reims, 142, 143.
Tapestries at Soissons, 58.
Tapestries from Raphael's cartoons (at Beauvais), 76.
Tapestry-making at Beauvais, 76;
- at Paris; at Arras, 76, 242, 245, 246.
Tetricus, 226.
Texier, 126, 131.
"Thérouanne, The Great God of," 240.
Torenai River, 258.
Torlonia, Prince Alex, 233.
Toul, 226, 247-250.
Toul, St. Etienne de, 247-250.
Toulouse, 151.
Tour d'Auvergne, Cardinal de la, 244.
Tour de Beurre (Rouen), 84, 89.
Tour de Charlemagne (at Tours), 165.
Tour de Hasting (at Tréguier), 340.
Tour Gougin (at Nevers), 213.
Tour de l'Horloge (at Tours), 165.
Tour St. Eloi (at Nevers), 213.
Tour de St. Martin (at Tours), 165.
Touraine, Old, 163.
Tournai, 41.
Tours, 18, 33, 277.
Tours, Church of St. Peter and Paul, 165.
Tours, St. Gatien de, 147, 163, 206, 381.
Tours (St. Martin of), 165.
Tours, West front of St. Gatien, 74.
Transition examples, 39.
Transition Style of Architecture, The, 176.
Tréguier, 32, 255, 339.
Tréguier, Cathedral of, 339-341.
"Tresor," The, at Reims, 143.
"Tresor," The, at Troyes, 278.
"Tresor," The, at Sens, 282.
"Tresor," The, at Bayeux, 314.
Treves, 214.
Trianons, The, 108.
Troyes, 20, 61, 274, 275.
Troyes, St. Pierre de, 274-278, 381, 382.
Turner (J. M. W.), "Seine and Loire," 169.
Valence, 36.
Valois Branch of the Orleans Family, 169.
Vannes, 351.
Vannes, Cathedral of, 351, 352.
Vauban, 244.
Vaucluse, 184.
Vendôme, Matthieu de, 99.
Versailles, Fountains at, 108.
Versailles, St. Louis de, 108.
Villeneuve, Bishop de, 193.
Villers-St.-Pol, 35.
Viollet-le-Duc, 83, 96, 99, 139, 181, 349.
Vire, River, 315.
Wellington, Duke of, 175.
Westphalia, Treaty of, 249.
William, Duke of Normandy, 323.
Winchester, Henry, Bishop of, 121.
Winchester, Prelate of, 303.
Wood-carving (at Amiens), 68.
Worms, 214.
Yonne, The River, 191.
Young, Arthur, 36, 209.

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