Days near Paris . t was intended to giveto the nave, and the suppression of the triforium. Thechurch was consecrated in T191. In the XIIL c, one ofthe west steeples was completed, leaving the other unfin-ished, chapels were added on the right of the choir, and atransept was begun. The chapels of the nave and someof those of the choir date from the XIV. c. and XV. 1502 the cathedral was struck by lightning, and it be-came necessary to renew the whole of the vaulting and theupper windows. The transept was finished and the fagaderestored at the same time. The central portal of the fa-gade, f
Days near Paris . t was intended to giveto the nave, and the suppression of the triforium. Thechurch was consecrated in T191. In the XIIL c, one ofthe west steeples was completed, leaving the other unfin-ished, chapels were added on the right of the choir, and atransept was begun. The chapels of the nave and someof those of the choir date from the XIV. c. and XV. 1502 the cathedral was struck by lightning, and it be-came necessary to renew the whole of the vaulting and theupper windows. The transept was finished and the fagaderestored at the same time. The central portal of the fa-gade, formerly divided by a central pillar, has the Burial 21 S DA YS NEAR PARIS and Coronation of the Virgin in its tympanum, one of theearliest and best representations of this subject. Thetransept portals bear the salamander of Frangois I. : theyare surrounded by a loggia under the principal windows. Each of the gables of these porches is surmounted by fig-ures ; on the south porch the Trinity is represented under the. PORTAL, SENLIS. figure of an Eternal Father seated and holding the cross on whichJesus Christ is extended ; a dove takes the place of his beard, andseems to designate the Holy Ghost. The statue, in the country,bears the name of God the Father. On the north porch is also anallegorical figure, named God the Son; it represents a man withhands raised to heaven, in the attitude assumed by the earlyChristians for prayer.—Dulaure, ^Environs de Paris. SMNLIS S19 The steeple on the right of the fagade is one of themarvels of the XIII. c. One of the rare complete bell towers of the beginning ofthe XIII. century, is the one that flanks the fagade of the cathe-dral of Senlis, on the south side. Built, without change or breakof plan, during the early years of the XIII. centur)^, in materialsof excellent quality, this tower shows already the tendencies ofthe architects of the XIII. century to seek for surprising on a square base almost filled in, but under which t
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