ornamentation, and there is no stone gable.
As in the case of the south façade, the chapels of the nave are separated on the outside by buttresses ornamented with 14th century statues.
The two chapels nearest the principal façade were the last to be built (1373-1375), and it was Jean de la Grange, then Bishop of Amiens, and afterwards Cardinal and Financial Comptroller to Charles V., who bore the expense of the building. A massive buttress was built to strengthen the north tower, which these later constructions had weakened.
Two of the sides of the buttress and the dividing pillar between the two chapels are ornamented with three superposed statues of considerable interest, both from an historical and artistic point of view.
Considered downwards they represent:
On the north side of the buttress: St. John the Baptist, the Dauphin Charles (later Charles VI.—photo above) and Bureau de la Rivière, Counsellor to Charles V. and VI.
On the west side of the buttress: The Virgin, King Charles V. (photo above), and Cardinal Jean de la Grange.
On the dividing pillar between the two chapels: St. Firmin the Confessor, Louis of Orleans (second son of Charles V.) and a Counsellor of the King.