. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . columns; a second range of niches has open-workdomes with pinnacles between and statues within, allin the same style. The central niche has a figure ofGod the Father ; at His feet is a sort of crocket in theform of a crozier, from which the pyx was colouring has been restored and rather altar, in the form of a tomb, is of red marble ofSerrancolin. The organ was once one of the finest in case is a marvellous piece of workmanship, withfour facades, eleven turrets,
. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . columns; a second range of niches has open-workdomes with pinnacles between and statues within, allin the same style. The central niche has a figure ofGod the Father ; at His feet is a sort of crocket in theform of a crozier, from which the pyx was colouring has been restored and rather altar, in the form of a tomb, is of red marble ofSerrancolin. The organ was once one of the finest in case is a marvellous piece of workmanship, withfour facades, eleven turrets, sixteen platforms, niches,colonnettes, friezes, etc. All the reliefs are of Pagansubjects, such as the labours of Hercules. It is nearly50 feet high and 33 feet broad, resting on five chan-nelled Corinthian columns, a pulpit, bearing on itspanels the symbols of the evangelists and the deviceand monogram of Jean de Mauleon, being connectedwith the staircase. When this was used, the Canonsused to ascend to the loft over the entrance to thechoir to hear the sermon. The ancient stops are still. -fH
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