[100] On the window of the façade runs the following inscription:—‘Atavitam Montescotiorum domum qua natus Cl. restituit an. 1614.’ He built it, then, on the site of his old home.
[101] Leonard the Limousin, so called to distinguish him from Leonard the Engraver, was retained by Francois I., who gave him the post of one of his valets. He was the greatest enameller of his day, excelling chiefly in portraiture. His other work is unequal, being often inferior in colour and marred by the influence of the Italian school, the defects and absurdities of which, without its merits, he, in common with the decorators of Fontainebleau, too frequently reproduced.
[102] Les Prussiens à Chartres. Ernest Caillot. Petrot-Garnier, 1871.
[103] So called after M. Michel Chasles, the eminent geometrician, who was a Chartrain.
[104] Carriages may be hired by the Course, 75 centimes; by the hour, 1 franc 75 centimes. Outside the town the fare is 2 francs the hour.
| Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: |
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| its terrestial eyes=> its terrestrial eyes {pg 124} |
| in the the Church=> in the Church {pg 188} |
| S. Perè, abbey of, 5, 36, 58, 59, 83;=> S. Père, abbey of, 5, 36, 58, 59, 83; {pg 360} |
| the Toru du Roy=> the Tour du Roy {pg 268} |