The Cathedrals of Northern France

M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

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• Publié par: chyaz
• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 47
• Langue: English

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Project Gutenberg's The Cathedrals of Northern France, by Francis Miltoun This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Cathedrals of Northern France Author: Francis Miltoun Illustrator: Blanche McManus Release Date: August 27, 2009 [EBook #29820] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CATHEDRALS OF NORTHERN FRANCE *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Many of the images of this ebook may be viewed full-size by clicking on them. (note of transcriber) cover The Cathedral Series The following, each 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth, gilt top profusely illustrated. $2.50 The Cathedrals of Northern France BY FRANCIS MILTOUN The Cathedrals of Southern France BY FRANCIS MILTOUN The Cathedrals of England BY MARY J. TABER The following, each 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, profusely illustrated. Net, $2.00 The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine BY FRANCIS MILTOUN The Cathedrals of Northern Spain BY CHARLES RUDY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY New England Building, Boston, Mass.NOTRE DAME ... de NOYON THE CATHEDRALS OF NORTHERN FRANCE B y F R A N C I S M I L T O U N w i t h e i g h t y i l l u s t r a t i o n s , p l a n s , a n d d i a g r a m s , B y B L A N C H E M c M A N U S image not available BOSTON L. C. Page and Company MDCCCCIIII Copyright, 1903 By L. C. Page & Company (incorporated) All rights reserved Published October, 1903 Colonial Press Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U. S. A. HIS BOOK IS DEDICATED T BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST TO THE GENIUS OF RACE WHICH MADE POSSIBLE THE EXISTENCE OF THESE ARCHITECTURAL "GLORIES OF FRANCE"APOLOGIA "There are two ways of writing a book of travel: to recount the journey itself or the results of it." This is also the case with regard to any work which attempts to purvey topographical or historical information of a nature which is only to be gathered upon the spot; and, when an additional side-light is shown by reason of the inclusion, as in the present instance, of the artistic and religious element, it becomes more and more a question of judicious selection and arrangement of fact, rather than a mere hazarding of opinions, which, in many cases, can be naught but conjecture, and may, in spite of any good claim to authoritativeness, be misunderstood or perverted to an inutile end, or, what is worse, swallowed in that oblivion where lies so much excellent thought, which, lacking either balance or timeliness, has become stranded, wrecked, and practically lost to view because of its unappropriate and unattractive presentation. To-day, the purely technical writer may have little hope of immortality unless he is broad-minded enough to take a cultivated interest in many matters outside the ken of his own particular sphere. The best-equipped person living could not produce a new "Dictionary of Architecture," and expect it to fill any niche that may be waiting for such a work, unless he brought to bear, in addition to his own special knowledge, something of the statistician, something of the professed compiler, and, if possible, a little of the not unimportant knowledge possessed by the maker and seller of books, meaning—the publisher. Given these qualifications, it is likely that he will then produce an ensemble as far in advance of what otherwise might have been as is the modern printing machine, as a factor in the dissemination of literature, as compared with the ancient scribes working to the same end. The sentimentalist and rhapsodist in words and ideas is a dwindling factor at the present day, and a new presentation of fact is occasionally to be met with in the printed page. The best "book of travel" within the knowledge of the writer, and perhaps one of the slightest in bulk ever written in the English language, is Stevenson's "Inland Voyage"—here were imagination, appreciation, and a new way of seeing things, and, above all, enthusiasm; and this is the formula upon which doubtless many a future writer will build his reputation, though he may never reach the significant heights expressed by Stevenson in the picturesque wording of his wish to be made Bishop of Noyon. This apparent digression into a critical estimate of the making of books is but another expression of the justification of the writer in the attempt herein made to set forth in attractive and enduring form certain facts and realities with regard to the grand and glorious group of cathedrals of Northern France. They have appeared as demanding something more than the conventional guide-book, or even technical estimates as to their perfections, and the belief is that the gathering together, after this fashion, of the contemporary information not always to the hand of the general reader presents an attraction as appealing and deserving of a place on the book-shelf as would be an avowed reference work, or a volume made to sell on the strength of its bulk or ornateness, or, lacking these questionable attributes, presented in the guise of a whilom text-book, the sole province of which is to impart "knowledge" after a certain well recognized and set pattern. It is believed that, regardless of much that has been said and written anent the subject, the fact remains that some considerable numbers of persons may be supposed to exist who would be glad of a further suggestion which would make possible an acquaintance with the cathedrals of France as a part of their own personal experience. To all such, then, it is to be hoped this book will appeal. F. M. CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 11 Part I. Transition Examples I. Introductory 41 II. Notre Dame de Laon 43 III. Notre Dame de Noyon 49 IV. Notre Dame de Soissons 54 Part II. the Grand Group I. Introductory 61 II. Notre Dame d'Amiens 64 III. St. Pierre de Beauvais 70IV. Notre Dame de Rouen 79 V. Basilique de St. Denis 93 VI. Notre Dame de Paris 101 VII. St. Julien; Le Mans 113 VIII. Notre Dame de Chartres 123 IX. Notre Dame de Reims 132 Part III. the Cathedrals of the Loire I. Introductory 147 II. St. Croix d'Orleans 150 III. St. Louis de Blois 156 IV. St Gatien de Tours 163 V. St. Maurice d'Angers 173 VI. St. Pierre de Nantes 183 Part IV . Central France I. St. Etienne d'Auxerre 191 II. St. Etienne de Bourges 199 III. St. Cyr and St. Juliette de Nevers 209 IV. St. Mammes de Langres 218 V. Notre Dame d'Auxonne 220 Part V . East of Paris I. Introductory 223 II. Notre Dame de Boulogne-sur-Mer 231 III. Notre Dame de Cambrai 234 IV. Notre Dame de St. Omer 237 V. St. Vaast d'Arras 242 VI. St. Etienne de Toul 247 VII. St. Etienne, Châlons-sur-Marne 251 VIII. St. Dié 254 IX. St. Lazare d'Autun 257 X. St. Bénigne de