The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Cathedrals of Southern France
Title: The Cathedrals of Southern France
Author: M. F. Mansfield
Illustrator: Blanche McManus
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THE CATHEDRALS OF
SOUTHERN FRANCE
The Cathedral Series
The following, each 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth, gilt top profusely illustrated. $2.50
The Cathedrals of Northern France
BY FRANCIS MILTOUN
The Cathedrals of Southern France
BY FRANCIS MILTOUN
The Cathedrals of England
BY MARY J. TABER
The following, each 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, profusely illustrated. Net, $2.00
The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine
BY FRANCIS MILTOUN
The Cathedrals of Northern Spain
BY CHARLES RUDY
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
New England Building, Boston, Mass.
THE CATHEDRALS OF
SOUTHERN FRANCE
| By FRANCIS MILTOUN |
| AUTHOR OF "THE CATHEDRALS OF NORTHERN FRANCE," "THE CATHEDRALS OF SOUTHERN FRANCE," "DICKENS' LONDON," ETC., WITH NINETY ILLUSTRA- TIONS, PLANS, AND DIAGRAMS, |
| By BLANCHE McMANUS |
BOSTON
L. C. Page and Company
MDCCCCV
Copyright, 1904
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
——
All rights reserved
Published August, 1904
Third Impression
Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Introduction | 11 | |
| Part I. Southern France in General | ||
| I. | The Charm of Southern France | 23 |
| II. | The Church in Gaul | 34 |
| III. | The Church Architecture of Southern France | 50 |
| Part II. South of the Loire | ||
| I. | Introductory | 71 |
| II. | L'Abbaye de Maillezais | 81 |
| III. | St. Louis de la Rochelle | 82 |
| IV. | Cathédrale de Luçon | 85 |
| V. | St. Front de Périgueux | 87 |
| VI. | St. Pierre de Poitiers | 92 |
| VII. | St. Etienne de Limoges | 104 |
| VIII. | St. Odilon de St. Flour | 112 |
| IX. | St. Pierre de Saintes | 115 |
| X. | Cathédrale de Tulle | 118 |
| XI. | St. Pierre d'Angoulême | 120 |
| XII. | Notre Dame de Moulins | 126 |
| XIII. | Notre Dame de le Puy | 134 |
| XIV. | Notre Dame de Clermont-Ferrand | 144 |
| XV. | St. Fulcran de Lodève | 152 |
| Part III. The Rhone Valley | ||
| I. | Introductory | 159 |
| II. | St. Etienne de Chalons-sur-Saône | 170 |
| III. | St. Vincent de Macon | 174 |
| IV. | St. Jean de Lyon | 177 |
| V. | St. Maurice de Vienne | 186 |
| VI. | St. Apollinaire de Valence | 190 |
| VII. | Cathédrale de Viviers | 195 |
| VIII. | Notre Dame d'Orange | 197 |
| IX. | St. Véran de Cavaillon | 200 |
| X. | Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon | 204 |
| XI. | St. Siffrein de Carpentras | 221 |
| XII. | Cathédrale de Vaison | 226 |
| XIII. | St. Trophime d'Arles | 228 |
| XIV. | St. Castor de Nîmes | 236 |
| XV. | St. Théodorit d'Uzès | 245 |
| XVI. | St. Jean d'Alais | 249 |
| XVII. | St. Pierre d'Annecy | 252 |
| XVIII. | Cathédrale de Chambéry | 255 |
| XIX. | Notre Dame de Grenoble | 258 |
| XX. | Belley and Aoste | 267 |
| XXI. | St. Jean de Maurienne | 269 |
| XXII. | St. Pierre de St. Claude | 272 |
| XXIII. | Notre Dame de Bourg | 277 |
| XXIV. | Glandève, Senez, Riez, Sisteron | 280 |
| XXV. | St. Jerome de Digne | 283 |
| XXVI. | Notre Dame de Die | 287 |
| XXVII. | Notre Dame et St. Castor d'Apt | 289 |
| XXVIII. | Notre Dame d'Embrun | 292 |
| XXIX. | Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Gap | 296 |
| XXX. | Notre Dame de Vence | 300 |
| XXXI. | Cathédrale de Sion | 302 |
| XXII. | St. Paul Troix Château | 305 |
| Part IV. The Mediterranean Coast | ||
| I. | Introductory | 313 |
| II. | St. Sauveur d'Aix | 323 |
| III. | St. Reparata de Nice | 328 |
| IV. | Ste. Marie Majeure de Toulon | 332 |
| V. | St. Etienne de Fréjus | 335 |
| VI. | Église de Grasse | 339 |
| VII. | Antibes | 341 |
| VIII. | Ste. Marie Majeure de Marseilles | 342 |
| IX. | St. Pierre d'Alet | 350 |
| X. | St. Pierre de Montpellier | 352 |
| XI. | Cathédrale d'Agde | 358 |
| XII. | St. Nazaire de Béziers | 363 |
| XIII. | St. Jean de Perpignan | 368 |
| XIV. | Ste. Eulalia d'Elne | 372 |
| XV. | St. Just de Narbonne | 375 |
| Part V. the Valley of the Garonne | ||
| I. | Introductory | 383 |
| II. | St. André de Bordeaux | 396 |
| III. | Cathédrale de Lectoure | 402 |
| IV. | Notre Dame de Bayonne | 405 |
| V. | St. Jean de Bazas | 411 |
| VI. | Notre Dame de Lescar | 413 |
| VII. | L'Eglise de la Sède: Tarbes | 417 |
| VIII. | Cathédrale de Condom | 420 |
| IX. | Cathédrale de Montauban | 422 |
| X. | St. Etienne de Cahors | 425 |
| XI. | St. Caprias d'Agen | 429 |
| XII. | Ste. Marie d'Auch | 432 |
| XIII. | St. Etienne de Toulouse | 439 |
| XIV. | St. Nazaire de Carcassone | 449 |
| XV. | Cathédrale de Pamiers | 461 |
| XVI. | St. Bertrand de Comminges | 464 |
| XVII. | St. Jean-Baptiste d'Aire | 469 |
| XVIII. | Sts. Benoit et Vincent de Castres | 471 |
| XIX. | Notre Dame de Rodez | 474 |
| XX. | Ste. Cécile d'Albi | 482 |
| XXI. | St. Pierre de Mende | 490 |
| XXII. | Other Old-Time Cathedrals in and about the Basin of the Garonne | 495 |
| Appendices | ||
| I. | Sketch Map Showing the Usual Geographical Divisions of France | 503 |
| II. | A Historical Table of the Dioceses of the South of France up to the beginning of the nineteenth century | 504 |
| III. | The Classification of Architectural Styles in France according to De Caumont's "Abécédaire d'Architecture Religieuse" | 510 |
| IV. | A Chronology of Architectural Styles in France | 511 |
| V. | Leading Forms of Early Cathedral Constructions | 513 |
| VI. | The Disposition of the Parts of a Tenth-Century Church as defined by Violet-le-Duc | 514 |
| VII. | A Brief Definitive Gazetteer of the Natural and Geological Divisions Included in the Ancient Provinces and Present-Day Departments of Southern France, together with the local names by which the pays et pagi are commonly known | 516 |
| VIII. | Sketch Map of the Bishoprics and Archbishoprics of the South of France at the Present Day | 519 |
| IX. | Dimensions and Chronology | 520 |
| Index | 545 | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |||
| St. André de Bordeaux | Frontispiece | ||
| The Concordat (From Napoleon's Tomb) | 43 | ||
| St. Louis de La Rochelle | 82 | ||
| Cathédrale de Luçon | 85 | ||
| St. Front de Périgueux | 87 | ||
| Detail of the Interior of St. Front de Périgueux | 90 | ||
| Poitiers | 93 | ||
| St. Etienne de Limoges | 105 | ||
| Reliquary of Thomas à Becket | 111 | ||
| Cathédrale de Tulle | facing | 118 | |
| St. Pierre d'Angoulême | facing | 120 | |
| Notre Dame de Moulins | facing | 126 | |
| Notre Dame de Le Puy | facing | 134 | |
| Le Puy | 138 | ||
| The Black Virgin, Le Puy | 143 | ||
| Notre Dame de Clermont-Ferrand | facing | 144 | |
| St. Vincent de Macon | facing | 174 | |
| St. Jean de Lyon | facing | 176 | |
| St. Apollinaire de Valence | 190 | ||
| St. Véran de Cavaillon | 200 | ||
| Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon | 205 | ||
| Villeneuve-les-Avignon | facing | 212 | |
| Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon | facing | 218 | |
| St. Trophime d'Arles | 228 | ||
| St. Trophime d'Arles | facing | 228 | |
| Cloisters, St. Trophime d'Arles | 233 | ||
| St. Castor de Nîmes | 236 | ||
| St. Castor de Nîmes | 237 | ||
| St. Théodorit d'Uzès | 245 | ||
| Cathédrale de Chambéry | 255 | ||
| Notre Dame de Grenoble | 258 | ||
| St. Bruno | 261 | ||
| Belley | 265 | ||
| St. Jean de Maurienne | 269 | ||
| St. Pierre de St. Claude | facing | 272 | |
| Notre Dame de Bourg | 275 | ||
| Notre Dame de Sisteron | facing | 280 | |
| St. Jerome de Digne | 283 | ||
| Notre Dame d'Embrun | 292 | ||
| The Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes | 320 | ||
| St. Sauveur d'Aix | 321 | ||
| Detail of Doorway of the Archbishop's Palace, Fréjus | 338 | ||
| Eglise de Grasse | 339 | ||
| Marseilles | 343 | ||
| The Old Cathedral, Marseilles | 345 | ||
| St. Pierre de Montpellier | facing | 352 | |
| Cathédrale d'Agde | 358 | ||
| St. Nazaire de Béziers | 361 | ||
| St. Jean de Perpignan | 368 | ||
| Ste. Eulalia d'Elne | 372 | ||
| St. Just de Narbonne | facing | 374 | |
| Cloister of St. Just de Narbonne | facing | 378 | |
| Notre Dame de Bayonne | facing | 404 | |
| Eglise de la Sède, Tarbes | 417 | ||
| St. Etienne de Cahors | facing | 424 | |
| Ste. Marie d'Auch | facing | 432 | |
| St. Etienne de Toulouse | facing | 438 | |
| Nave of St. Etienne de Toulouse | 445 | ||
| St. Nazaire de Carcassonne | facing | 448 | |
| The Old Cité de Carcassonne before and after the Restoration | 451 | ||
| Two Capitals of Pillars in St. Nazaire de Carcassonne; | |||
| and the Rude Stone Carving of Carcas | 454 | ||
| St. Nazaire de Carcassonne | facing | 454 | |
| Cathédrale de Pamiers | 461 | ||
| St. Bertrand de Comminges | facing | 464 | |
| St. Jean-Baptiste d'Aire | 469 | ||
| Sts. Benoit et Vincent de Castres | facing | 470 | |
| Notre Dame de Rodez | facing | 474 | |
| Choir-Stalls, Rodez | 480 | ||
| Ste. Cécile d'Albi | facing | 482 | |
| St. Pierre de Mende | facing | 490 | |
| Sketch Map of France | 503 | ||
| Medallion | 510 | ||
| Leading Forms of Early Cathedral Constructions | 513 | ||
| Plan of a Tenth Century Church | 514 | ||
| Sketch Map of the Bishoprics and Archbishoprics of the | |||
| South of France at the Present Day | 519 | ||
| St. Caprias d'Agen (diagram) | 520 | ||
| Baptistery of St. Sauveur d'Aix (diagram) | 521 | ||
| Ste. Cécile d'Albi (diagram) | 522 | ||
| St. Pierre d'Angoulême (diagram) | 523 | ||
| St. Trophime d'Arles (diagram) | 524 | ||
| Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon (diagram) | 525 | ||
| St. Etienne de Cahors (diagram) | 527 | ||
| St. Veran de Cavaillon (diagram) | 528 | ||
| Cathédrale de Chambéry (diagram) | 529 | ||
| Notre Dame de Clermont-Ferrand (diagram) | 530 | ||
| St. Bertrand de Comminges (diagram) | 530 | ||
| Notre Dame de Le Puy (diagram) | 532 | ||
| St. Etienne de Limoges (diagram) | 532 | ||
| St. Jean de Lyon (diagram) | 533 | ||
| St. Just de Narbonne (diagram) | 535 | ||
| Notre Dame d'Orange (diagram) | 536 | ||
| St. Front de Périgueux (diagram) | 537 | ||
| St. Jean de Perpignan (diagram) | 537 | ||
| St. Pierre de Poitiers (diagrams) | 538 | ||
| Notre Dame de Rodez (diagram) | 539 | ||
| St. Etienne de Toulouse (diagram) | 541 | ||
| St. Paul Trois Châteaux (diagram) | 542 | ||
| Cathédrale de Vaison (diagram) | 543 | ||

