Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . utilated doorways of the W. front were erected atthe end of the 13th century. The N. tower, with its four stories andelaborate arcading, was completed in 1543; the S. tower is relief above the main portal represents the Last Judgment. Thelateral portals, completed in the 14-15th cent., are richly orna-mented, the gables and arches being adorned with a multitude ofsmall statuettes in arched niches and recesses. Above are a largegable and a huge window
Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers . utilated doorways of the W. front were erected atthe end of the 13th century. The N. tower, with its four stories andelaborate arcading, was completed in 1543; the S. tower is relief above the main portal represents the Last Judgment. Thelateral portals, completed in the 14-15th cent., are richly orna-mented, the gables and arches being adorned with a multitude ofsmall statuettes in arched niches and recesses. Above are a largegable and a huge window with three circular lights. The side-portalsjare also noteworthy; that on the N. (15-16th cent.) is sculpture^cwith scenes relating to St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre (d. 44°^while that on the S. (14th cent.) represents the martyrdomSt. Stephen. The ^Interior is lofty and harmoniously proportioned. The navesurrounded by a tasteful triforium and balustrade. The choir is separatefrom the nave by an elegant grille of the 18th century. The wall ot ttambulatory, which is three steps lower than the nave, is adorned with CO , I EW. Le Morvan. AUXERRE. 62. Route. 409 arcade, the capitals of which are most elaborate and varied (human heads,etc.). Un each side of the sanctuary is the small monument to a bishopA r.^ffill^}!^^ and 16th cent.), that on the left commemorating JacquesAmyot (), the translator of Plutarch. The entrance of the squareapsidal chapel, with its two tall and slender columns sustaining the spring-ers of the vaulting, IS extremely graceful and almost unique. Behind theSJSw V V^},^^ *?^. ^^}^ <^^°*- ° marble, is a marble statue of Much of the stained glass is of the 13-16th cent., and some of thetombs are interesting, — For the 11th cent. Crypl beneath the choir, thethe^saS ^^^^ ^ *^^ *^^^°* «f t^e N- tower (fine view) apply at Behind the cathedral stands the Prefecture (PI. C, 2), the formerepiscopal palace, which has a fine Romanesque gaUe
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