The opposite view shows the detail of the SOUTH FAÇADE OF THE TRANSEPT designed by Pierre Chambiges, son and pupil of Martin Chambiges. The latter worked on the Cathedrals of Beauvais, Sens and Troyes, and his son drew inspiration from his work for the execution of that entrusted to him at Senlis; this explains the great resemblance that various portions of those edifices bear to one another.
In comparing the south portal with the western façade one notes the development of Gothic architecture from the twelfth century, when its restraint and simplicity of line still recalled Roman art, to the sixteenth century, when rich, flamboyant decoration flared in its final splendour, making way for the art of the Renaissance that the Italian wars brought into fashion.
THE CATHEDRAL: NORTH FAÇADE OF TRANSEPT
The appearance of this fine ensemble is spoilt by the adjacent polygonal vestry erected on its right, which was rebuilt in the nineteenth century. A part of it can be seen in the above photograph; though one can judge still better of its ugly effect from the photograph on the preceding page.
The north façade of the transept is, in its general arrangement, the same as that on the south, but it is less richly ornamented.
On the pediment which surmounts the entrance are carved the salamander and the "F" of Francis I. On that of the south are the arms of France.
The tourist should not fail to look at the north side of the Cathedral, which is very picturesque.
On the north tower the marks of German shells are still to be seen.
They are clearly shown in the photograph (foot pp. [46]-[47]).