Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 149
f Reims.Saint Sixtus—some say a more supreme pontiff, SaintPeter,—stands on the dividing-pier; interesting figuresof Bishops, Patriarchs, and Popes adorn the vaulting; 126 The Mature Gothic and the tympanum is filled with holy scenes and per-sonages who vary in theological rank from the Deity… … grinning, devilish forms of the nether-world of whom MEDIiE-VALISM HAD SUCH GRAPHIC NOTIONS.—REIMS. third door of the lateral wall was made at the expenseof a merchant whose name is unknown and who soldfalse measure. This history is well represented inrelief on the pedestal of the dividing-pier. .…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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