Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 170
IN THE CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL.—AUXERRE. but in its venerable Christian antiquity, it is worthyof Catholic care, and, although there are nobler typesof this form of architecture, Saint Stephens is animportant example of underground Romanesque. … THE FAgADE IS . . . THE FINEST AND MOST HARMONIOUS OF THE GREATCATHEDRALS OF THE SECONDARY RANK.—AUXERRE. 147 Auxerre 149 The choir of the Cathedral was built above the lowerchurch; and according to custom, this, the holiestpart of the new edifice, was the first to be constructed.The other portions…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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