Cathedrals and cloisters of the Isle de France (1910)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 70
rom the moment when she lay in thearms of Saint Anne, which is pictured on the dividingpier of the central door, until, as shown in the tympanum,she died and was carried to heaven and crowned byher Son. Large statues portray the hierarchy fromMelchisedec to Saint Peter and Jesus Christ, the… … THEIR STURDY I-L VIXG-BL TIRESSEs.—CHARTRES. Chartres 49 are nearly seven hundred figures in this remarkableporch. More than seven hundred fill that of the Southtransept, and here many French Saints have beenmost interestingly carved; but the principal object ofits sculptors was to give the…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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