. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . dient invented by modern architects. Itwas reconstructed by Pierre de Caulet, from 1609 Treasurer of France at Toulousewith his brother, Jean Etienne de Caulet, hisnephew, who was Abbot of S. Volu-sien in 1627, and Bishop of Pamiersin 1644, raised the vaults, andgave the silver chapelle to thehigh-altar. It had never beenvaulted, and was paved with thematerials of the Calvinist churchdemolished by the Catholics in1622. The raftered roof was sodefective that in 1632 the high-altar fel
. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . dient invented by modern architects. Itwas reconstructed by Pierre de Caulet, from 1609 Treasurer of France at Toulousewith his brother, Jean Etienne de Caulet, hisnephew, who was Abbot of S. Volu-sien in 1627, and Bishop of Pamiersin 1644, raised the vaults, andgave the silver chapelle to thehigh-altar. It had never beenvaulted, and was paved with thematerials of the Calvinist churchdemolished by the Catholics in1622. The raftered roof was sodefective that in 1632 the high-altar fell, being decayed by therain ! In 1664 it was decided tovault it ; in 1666 the politicalcouncil voted 350 livres for thepurpose, and as much in 1667-1669, and 1670, the work beingcompleted in 1672, including alittle bell-turret for Low choir is surrounded by prettychapels, and encloses a sixteenth-century Holy Sepul-chre. Some low stalls taken from S. Sernin, Toulouse,at the restoration of the basilica serve for square bell-tower is dated on stones in the wall of. PLAN OF S. VOLUSIEN, FOIX. FOIX IN THE MIDDLE AGES 197 the staircase, 1525 and 1527. The interior has lost allsigns of age, having been decorated with wall-paintingsin the last few years. In the library are said to besome choral books of the sixteenth century from theMonastery of Mirepoix, with beautiful miniatures. Wethought they were in the Museum, but the custodiansaid No, and did not tell us where they were, sowe didnt see them. During the Revolution a numberof the initials were cut out by the mistress of aschool belonging to the town, and given as prizes tothe children ! There was a station on the plateau in Roman times,which the discovery of coins and other objects of theImperial period proves. The town was among thefiefs given to Bernard, son of Roger, Count of Carcas-sonne, who died in 1090, after his marriage to thedaughter of the Viscount of Beziers, at which the Kingof Aragon and
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