monasteries, CHANTILLY 281 and churches. It was thus that he succeeded in saving morethan 500 precious historical monuments, tombs of kings, andmausoleums of great families. At the time when the abbeyswere sacked and pillaged he saved 2600 pictures, a selectionfrom which subsequently formed the… … CHAPEL OF QUEEN BLANCHE. 282 ART AND CRITICISM. tionary committees, and publicly burned as souvenirs of roy-alty. Furthermore, Lenoir saved upwards of 8000 pieces, suchas manuscripts, precious books, arms, armor, and models of va-rious kinds, which have since found a resting-place in theNational…
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