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The Cathedrals of Southern France
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The Cathedrals of Southern France

by Mansfield M F (Milburg Francisco)

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THE CATHEDRALS OF
SOUTHERN FRANCE

The Cathedral Series

The following, each 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth, gilt top profusely illustrated. $2.50

The Cathedrals of Northern France
BY FRANCIS MILTOUN

The Cathedrals of Southern France
BY FRANCIS MILTOUN

The Cathedrals of England
BY MARY J. TABER

The following, each 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth, gilt top, profusely illustrated. Net, $2.00

The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine
BY FRANCIS MILTOUN

The Cathedrals of Northern Spain
BY CHARLES RUDY

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
New England Building, Boston, Mass.

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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All rights reserved



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. Flour
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">112 IX. St. Pierre de Saintes 115 X. Cathédrale de Tulle 118 XI. St. Pierre d'Angoulême 120 XII. Notre Dame de Moulins 126 XIII. Notre Dame de le Puy 134 XIV. Notre Dame de Clermont-Ferrand 144 XV. St. Fulcran de Lodève 152   Part III. The Rhone Valley I. Introductory 159 II. St. Etienne de Chalons-sur-Saône 170 III. St. Vincent de Macon 174 IV. St. Jean de Lyon 177 V. St. Maurice de Vienne 186 VI. St. Apollinaire de Valence 190 VII. Cathédrale de Viviers 195 VIII. Notre Dame d'Orange 197 IX. St. Véran de Cavaillon 200 X. Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon 204 XI. St. Siffrein de Carpentras 221 XII. Cathédrale de Vaison
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">226 XIII. St. Trophime d'Arles 228 XIV. St. Castor de Nîmes 236 XV. St. Théodorit d'Uzès 245 XVI. St. Jean d'Alais 249 XVII. St. Pierre d'Annecy 252 XVIII. Cathédrale de Chambéry 255 XIX. Notre Dame de Grenoble 258 XX. Belley and Aoste 267 XXI. St. Jean de Maurienne 269 XXII. St. Pierre de St. Claude 272 XXIII. Notre Dame de Bourg 277 XXIV. Glandève, Senez, Riez, Sisteron 280 XXV. St. Jerome de Digne 283 XXVI. Notre Dame de Die 287 XXVII. Notre Dame et St. Castor d'Apt 289 XXVIII. Notre Dame d'Embrun 292 XXIX. Notre Dame de l'Assomption de Gap 296 XXX. Notre Dame de Vence 300 XXXI. Cathédrale de Sion 302
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@35212@[email protected]#XXII-3" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">XXII. St. Paul Troix Château 305   Part IV. The Mediterranean Coast I. Introductory 313 II. St. Sauveur d'Aix 323 III. St. Reparata de Nice 328 IV. Ste. Marie Majeure de Toulon 332 V. St. Etienne de Fréjus 335 VI. Église de Grasse 339 VII. Antibes 341 VIII. Ste. Marie Majeure de Marseilles 342 IX. St. Pierre d'Alet 350 X. St. Pierre de Montpellier 352 XI. Cathédrale d'Agde 358 XII. St. Nazaire de Béziers 363 XIII. St. Jean de Perpignan 368 XIV. Ste. Eulalia d'Elne 372 XV. St. Just de Narbonne 375   Part V. the Valley of the Garonne I. Introductory 383 II. St. André de Bordeaux 396 III. Cathédrale de Lectoure
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">402 IV. Notre Dame de Bayonne 405 V. St. Jean de Bazas 411 VI. Notre Dame de Lescar 413 VII. L'Eglise de la Sède: Tarbes 417 VIII. Cathédrale de Condom 420 IX. Cathédrale de Montauban 422 X. St. Etienne de Cahors 425 XI. St. Caprias d'Agen 429 XII. Ste. Marie d'Auch 432 XIII. St. Etienne de Toulouse 439 XIV. St. Nazaire de Carcassone 449 XV. Cathédrale de Pamiers 461 XVI. St. Bertrand de Comminges 464 XVII. St. Jean-Baptiste d'Aire 469 XVIII. Sts. Benoit et Vincent de Castres 471 XIX. Notre Dame de Rodez 474 XX. Ste. Cécile d'Albi 482 XXI. St. Pierre de Mende 490 XXII. Other Old-Time Cathedrals in and about the Basin of the Garonne     495
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Appendices I. Sketch Map Showing the Usual Geographical Divisions of France 503 II. A Historical Table of the Dioceses of the
South 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
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@35212@[email protected]#page_126" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">126 Notre Dame de Le Puy facing 134 Le Puy 138 The Black Virgin, Le Puy 143 Notre Dame de Clermont-Ferrand facing 144 St. Vincent de Macon facing 174 St. Jean de Lyon facing 176 St. Apollinaire de Valence 190 St. Véran de Cavaillon 200 Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon 205 Villeneuve-les-Avignon facing 212 Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon facing 218 St. Trophime d'Arles 228 St. Trophime d'Arles facing 228 Cloisters, St. Trophime d'Arles 233 St. Castor de Nîmes 236 St. Castor de Nîmes 237 St. Théodorit d'Uzès 245 Cathédrale de Chambéry 255 Notre Dame de Grenoble 258 St. Bruno 261 Belley 265 St. Jean de Maurienne 269 St. Pierre de St. Claude facing 272 Notre Dame de Bourg 275 Notre Dame de Sisteron facing 280 St. Jerome de Digne 283 Notre Dame d'Embrun 292 The Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes 320 St. Sauveur d'Aix 321 Detail of Doorway of the Archbishop's Palace, Fréjus 338 Eglise de Grasse 339 Marseilles
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class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">343 The Old Cathedral, Marseilles 345 St. Pierre de Montpellier facing 352 Cathédrale d'Agde 358 St. Nazaire de Béziers 361 St. Jean de Perpignan 368 Ste. Eulalia d'Elne 372 St. Just de Narbonne facing 374 Cloister of St. Just de Narbonne facing 378 Notre Dame de Bayonne facing 404 Eglise de la Sède, Tarbes 417 St. Etienne de Cahors facing 424 Ste. Marie d'Auch facing 432 St. Etienne de Toulouse facing 438 Nave of St. Etienne de Toulouse 445 St. Nazaire de Carcassonne facing 448 The Old Cité de Carcassonne before and after the Restoration 451 Two Capitals of Pillars in St. Nazaire de Carcassonne;      and the Rude Stone Carving of Carcas 454 St. Nazaire de Carcassonne facing 454 Cathédrale de Pamiers 461 St. Bertrand de Comminges facing 464 St. Jean-Baptiste d'Aire 469 Sts. Benoit et Vincent de Castres facing 470 Notre Dame de Rodez facing 474 Choir-Stalls, Rodez 480 Ste. Cécile d'Albi facing 482 St. Pierre de Mende facing 490 Sketch Map of France 503 Medallion 510 Leading Forms of Early Cathedral Constructions 513 Plan of a Tenth Century Church 514 Sketch Map of the Bishoprics and Archbishoprics of the      South of France at the
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Present Day 519 St. Caprias d'Agen (diagram) 520 Baptistery of St. Sauveur d'Aix (diagram) 521 Ste. Cécile d'Albi (diagram) 522 St. Pierre d'Angoulême (diagram) 523 St. Trophime d'Arles (diagram) 524 Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon (diagram) 525 St. Etienne de Cahors (diagram) 527 St. Veran de Cavaillon (diagram) 528 Cathédrale de Chambéry (diagram) 529 Notre Dame de Clermont-Ferrand (diagram) 530 St. Bertrand de Comminges (diagram) 530 Notre Dame de Le Puy (diagram) 532 St. Etienne de Limoges (diagram) 532 St. Jean de Lyon (diagram) 533 St. Just de Narbonne (diagram) 535 Notre Dame d'Orange (diagram) 536 St. Front de Périgueux (diagram) 537 St. Jean de Perpignan (diagram) 537 St. Pierre de Poitiers (diagrams) 538 Notre Dame de Rodez (diagram) 539 St. Etienne de Toulouse (diagram) 541 St. Paul Trois Châteaux (diagram) 542 Cathédrale de Vaison (diagram) 543