THE CATHEDRALS OF
SOUTHERN FRANCE
The Cathedral Series
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The Cathedrals of Northern France
BY FRANCIS MILTOUN
The Cathedrals of Southern France
BY FRANCIS MILTOUN
The Cathedrals of England
BY MARY J. TABER
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THE CATHEDRALS OF
SOUTHERN FRANCE
By FRANCIS MILTOUN AUTHOR OF "THE CATHEDRALS OF NORTHERN FRANCE," "THE
CATHEDRALS OF SOUTHERN
FRANCE," "DICKENS' LONDON,"
ETC., WITH NINETY ILLUSTRA-
TIONS, PLANS, AND DIAGRAMS, By BLANCHE McMANUS
BOSTON
L. C. Page and Company
MDCCCCV
Copyright, 1904
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
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Published August, 1904
Third Impression
Colonial Press
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U. S. A.
CONTENTS
PAGE Introduction 11 Part I. Southern France in General I. The Charm of Southern France 23 II. The Church in Gaul 34 III. The Church Architecture of Southern France 50 Part II. South of the Loire I. Introductory 71 II. L'Abbaye de Maillezais 81 III. St. Louis de la Rochelle 82 IV. Cathédrale de Luçon 85 V. St. Front de Périgueux 87 VI. St. Pierre de Poitiers 92 VII. St. Etienne de Limoges 104 VIII. St. Odilon de St. FlourSouth of France up to the beginning of
the nineteenth century 504 III. The Classification of Architectural Styles in
France according to De Caumont's "Abécédaire
d'Architecture Religieuse" 510 IV. A Chronology of Architectural Styles in France 511 V. Leading Forms of Early Cathedral Constructions 513 VI. The Disposition of the Parts of a Tenth-Century Church as defined by Violet-le-Duc 514 VII. A Brief Definitive Gazetteer of the Natural
and Geological Divisions Included in the
Ancient Provinces and Present-Day Departments
of Southern France, together
with the local names by which the pays et
pagi are commonly known 516 VIII. Sketch Map of the Bishoprics and Archbishoprics
of the South of France at the Present Day 519 IX. Dimensions and Chronology 520 Index 545
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE St. André de Bordeaux Frontispiece The Concordat (From Napoleon's Tomb) 43 St. Louis de La Rochelle 82 Cathédrale de Luçon 85 St. Front de Périgueux 87 Detail of the Interior of St. Front de Périgueux 90 Poitiers 93 St. Etienne de Limoges 105 Reliquary of Thomas à Becket 111 Cathédrale de Tulle facing 118 St. Pierre d'Angoulême facing 120 Notre Dame de Moulins facing