Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 28
this venerable place of prayer isnow the celebrated crypt of Chartres. During century after century the shrine was re-spected; but with 1793 and the French Revolution, allbarriers of decency w^ere swept away, it was profaned,dances took place in the nave of the Cathedral, an Chartres 5 orchestra… … A GLIMPSE OF NOTRE-DAME OF CHARTRES. assisted in this act of sacrilege lost their minds. How-ever this m.ay be, the fact remains that after this thecrypt was closed, and it was not until fifty years agothat a new statue was placed on the subterranean 6 The Mature Gothic Altar and that the crypt was…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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