Certain typographical errors have been corrected ([see list at the end of this etext].). Except for a few normalizations, the spelling of French words and names has not been corrected, but left as the writer wrote them.

CATHEDRAL CITIES
OF FRANCE

BY
HERBERT MARSHALL, R.W.S.
AND
HESTER MARSHALL
WITH SIXTY ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
BY HERBERT MARSHALL, R.W.S.

TORONTO
THE MUSSON BOOK CO., Limited
1907

COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Published September, 1907

NOTE

The following chapters are the result of notes put together during summers spent in France in the course of the last five years. They are not intended to mark out any particular geographical scheme, though considered as isolated suggestions they may possibly prove useful to the intending traveller; nor do they aim at covering all the Cathedral cities of France.

The authors are indebted for much valuable help from the following books: Viollet-le-Duc’s “Dictionnaire de l’Architecture”; Mr. Phené Spiers’s “Architecture East and West”; Mr. Francis Bond’s “Gothic Architecture in England”; Mr. Henry James’s “Little Tour in France”; Mr. Cecil Headlam’s “Story of Chartres”; Freeman’s “History of the Norman Conquest” and “Sketches of French Travel”; Dr. Whewell’s “Notes on a Tour in Picardy and Normandy”; M. Guilhermy’s “Itineraire archéologique de Paris”; M. Hoffbauer’s “Paris à travers les ages”; M. Enlart’s “Architecture Réligieuse”; Mr. Walter Lonergan’s “Historic Churches of Paris”; the “Chronicles” of Froissart and Monstrelet; and to the letters in The Times of its war correspondent, 1870 and 1871.

H. M. M. and H. M.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I] A French Cathedral City[1]
[II] Boulogne to Amiens[15]
[III] Lâon, Rheims, and Soissons[38]
[IV] Rouen[62]
[V] Evreux and Lisieux[88]
[VI] Bayeux[104]
[VII] St. Lô and Coutances[128]
[VIII] Le Mans[151]
[IX] Angers[169]
[X] Tours and Blois[181]
[XI] Chartres[201]
[XII] Orléans, Bourges, and Nevers[218]
[XIII] Moulins, Limoges, and Périgueux[245]
[XIV] Angoulême and Poitiers[267]
[XV] La Rochelle and Bordeaux[281]
[XVI] Sens, Auxerre, and Troyes[299]
[XVII] Meaux, Senlis, and Beauvais[324]
[XVIII] Paris and Some of its Churches[348]
[Index][385]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Lâon: view from the plain[Frontispiece]
St. Martin, LâonFacing Page[2]
The Quayside, Amiens""[6]
A Street in Perigueux ""[10]
The Porte Gayole, Boulogne""[16]
Abbeville""[24]
The Place Vogel, Amiens""[28]
Evening on the Somme at Amiens""[32]
The Ramparts, Lâon""[42]
Lâon from the Boulevards""[48]
Rheims""[54]
Soissons""[58]
Rouen from the River""[68]
Rue de l’Horloge, Rouen""[78]
Rue St. Romain, Rouen""[84]
Evreux""[90]
The Towers of Evreux""[96]
St. Jacques, Lisieux""[100]
A Street Corner, Bayeux""[110]
Bayeux from the Meadows""[122]
St. Lô""[130]
The Cathedral Front, St. Lô""[134]
Coutances""[140]
The South Porch of the Cathedral, Coutances""[146]
St. Pierre, Coutances""[152]
Le Mans""[158]
Nôtre Dame de la Coûture, Le Mans""[164]
Angers""[176]
Tour de l’Horloge, Tours""[184]
St. Gatieu, Tours""[188]
Blois""[194]
Chartres from the North""[202]
Chartres""[208]
Rue de la Porte Guillaume, Chartres""[212]
Orléans""[220]
The House of Jacques Cœur, Bourges""[224]
Bourges""[228]
The Musée Cujas, Bourges""[232]
The Hôtel-de-Ville, Nevers""[236]
The Port du Croux, Nevers""[240]
Moulins""[248]
Limoges""[254]
Perigueux from the River""[258]
St. Front, Périgueux""[262]
Angoulême""[270]
Poitiers""[274]
Entrance to the Harbour, La Rochelle""[282]
The Harbour of La Rochelle""[286]
Bordeaux""[294]
Sens""[302]
St. Germain, Auxerre""[306]
The Bridge and Cathedral, Auxerre""[310]
A Street in Troyes""[316]
Meaux""[326]
The Old Mills at Meaux""[330]
Senlis""[338]
The Pont Marie, Paris""[350]
Nôtre Dame, Paris""[366]
St. Germain des Prés, Paris""[372]
Pont St. Michel and Ste. Chapelle, Paris""[378]