Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 33
the Cathedral. Fearing for thesafety of the sacred tunic, some of the clergy rushedinto the church and were closed in by the envelopingflames. For two days, the people, in an agony of lO The Mature Gothic suspense, watched the burning building, and on thethird morning when the hquid lead had begun… … houses along the river in the town of chartres. the enthusiastic people, overjoyed that their preciousrelic was saved, began the great work once again; and,in 1260, the dedication of the present Cathedral ofNotre-Dame of Chartres, the fifth or sixth edifice tobear the name, took place with…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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