Paris . h6tel du pr^v6t de paris. ings are of the time of Fran5ois I. They are very littleknown and have therefore happily escaped restoration, sothat their colour is glorious. In the dark arcades of thecourt, the delicate friezes, broadly over-hanging eaves,arched doorways, twisted staircase, brilliant flowers in the RUE CHARLEMAGNE 219 windows, bright glints of green seen through dark entries,and figures and costumes full of colour—for such are stillto be seen in the Marais—an artist may find at least adozen subjects worthy of his IN THE hAtEL dAUMONT, The southern side of the Hotel
Paris . h6tel du pr^v6t de paris. ings are of the time of Fran5ois I. They are very littleknown and have therefore happily escaped restoration, sothat their colour is glorious. In the dark arcades of thecourt, the delicate friezes, broadly over-hanging eaves,arched doorways, twisted staircase, brilliant flowers in the RUE CHARLEMAGNE 219 windows, bright glints of green seen through dark entries,and figures and costumes full of colour—for such are stillto be seen in the Marais—an artist may find at least adozen subjects worthy of his IN THE hAtEL dAUMONT, The southern side of the Hotel du Prevot opens upon theRue Charlemagne, formerly Rue des Jardins S. Paul, wherethere is much to repay a student of street architecture. Inthis street Rabelais died and Molifere passed the first years ofhis dramatic apprenticeship. In the court of the barrack 220 PARIS is a tower given by Charles VIII. to the nuns of the AveMaria. Crossing the Hue des Nonnains dHyeres, so calledfrom an offshoot of the Abbey of Hyeres established here in1182, we reach the Jiue de Jouy, where the Abbot of Jouy
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