Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 374
a celebrationof Mass and, madly shouting, began to hack the pulpitand the confessionals and to hurl the statues fromtheir pedestals and break them against the stoneflooring. At first, the Faithful were aghast; then, Rouen 347 with cries of fear and despair, they fled from thescene of profanation.… … WITHIN THE CHOIR. -ROUEN. edifice was entirely given over to its invaders. Thesereligionists mockingly placed the Host in themouths of animal figures and, holding them aloft,marched derisively about the aisles. In the newsquare outside, huge bonfires were fed with Crosses,Missals,, and all kinds of…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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