Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 132
V-^ ^.-*^ A LONG, SLENDER, STATELY . . . AISLE. —REIMS. 107 Reims 109 more modern furniture is not characterised by any-intrinsic merit; as far as size permits, it disturbs thedignity of the Cathedrals architectural unity, and theAltar, placed near the middle of the nave in 1740, isa real blemish.… … among the subjects which are most thoughtfully portrayed IS the death of the virgin. REIMS. of churchly decoration exists in the tapestries whichstill embellish part of the walls. At their coronation,Kings left gifts of these hangings, prelates also weregenerous donors; and when it is recollected…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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