The Cathedrals of Northern France

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Mansfield Milburg Francisco. The Cathedrals of Northern France

APOLOGIA

INTRODUCTION

PART I. Transition Examples

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. NOTRE DAME DE LAON

III. NOTRE DAME DE NOYON

IV. NOTRE DAME DE SOISSONS

PART II. The Grand Group

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. NOTRE DAME D'AMIENS

III. ST. PIERRE DE BEAUVAIS

IV. NOTRE DAME DE ROUEN

V. BASILIQUE DE ST. DENIS

VI. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS

ST. LOUIS DE VERSAILLES

VII. ST. JULIEN; LE MANS

VIII. NOTRE DAME DE CHARTRES

IX. NOTRE DAME DE REIMS

PART III. The Cathedrals of the Loire

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. ST. CROIX D'ORLEANS

III. ST. LOUIS DE BLOIS

IV. ST. GATIEN DE TOURS

V. ST. MAURICE D'ANGERS

VI. ST. PIERRE DE NANTES

PART IV. Central France

I. ST. ETIENNE D'AUXERRE

II. ST. ETIENNE DE BOURGES

III. ST. CYR AND ST. JULIETTE DE NEVERS

IV. ST. MAMMÈS DE LANGRES

V. NOTRE DAME D'AUXONNE

PART V. East of Paris

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. NOTRE DAME DE BOULOGNE-SUR-MER

III. NOTRE DAME DE CAMBRAI

IV. NOTRE DAME DE ST. OMER

V. ST. VAAST D'ARRAS

VI. ST. ETIENNE DE TOUL

VII. ST. ETIENNE, CHÂLONS-SUR-MARNE

VIII. ST. DIÉ

IX. ST. LAZARE D'AUTUN

X. ST. BÉNIGNE DE DIJON

XI. NOTRE DAME DE SENLIS

XII. ST. ETIENNE DE MEAUX

XIII. ST. PIERRE DE TROYES

XIV. ST. ETIENNE DE SENS

PART VI. Western Normandy and Brittany

I. INTRODUCTORY

II. NOTRE DAME D'EVREUX

III. NOTRE DAME D'ALENÇON

IV. ST. PIERRE DE LISIEUX

V. NOTRE DAME DE SÉEZ

VI. NOTRE DAME DE BAYEUX

VII. NOTRE DAME DE ST. LO

VIII. NOTRE DAME DE COUTANCES

IX. ST. PIERRE D'AVRANCHES

X. ST. SAMSON, DOL-DE-BRETAGNE

XI. ST. MALO AND ST. SERVAN

XII. TRÉGUIER

XIII. ST. BRIEUC

XIV. ST. POL DE LEON

XV. ST. CORENTIN DE QUIMPER

XVI. VANNES

Appendices

I. The Architectural Divisions of France

II. A List of the Departments of France, and of the Ancient Provinces from which they have been evolved

III. The Church in France

IV. A List of the Larger French Churches which were at one time Cathedrals and usually referred to as such

V. Chronology of the chief styles and examples of church building in the north of France from the Romano-Byzantine period to that of the Renaissance

VI. Dimensions and Chronology

VII. The French Kings from Charlemagne Onward

VIII. Measurements of the Cathedrals at Amiens and Salisbury (Whittington)

IX. French Metres Reduced to English Feet

X. A Brief Glossary of architectural terms, with popular definitions, as applied to the components which compose the principal features of a cathedral church

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