Days near Paris . establishment en-closed by walls, and a church of considerable size cavernedout of the rock, and containing a curious old St. Sepulchreand a number of other figures full of character, broughtfrom the Celestins ; also the effigy of Thomas le Tourneur,secretary of Charles V., and canon of Mantes, who died inthat convent. Those who wish for a longer walk may cross the Seineby a ferry to the church of Gassicourt (3 k. from Mantes), HERMITAGE OF ST. SAUVEUR 155 partly of the XI. c. and XIII. c, which belonged formerlyto a Cluniac priory, and of which Bossuet always held theliving.
Days near Paris . establishment en-closed by walls, and a church of considerable size cavernedout of the rock, and containing a curious old St. Sepulchreand a number of other figures full of character, broughtfrom the Celestins ; also the effigy of Thomas le Tourneur,secretary of Charles V., and canon of Mantes, who died inthat convent. Those who wish for a longer walk may cross the Seineby a ferry to the church of Gassicourt (3 k. from Mantes), HERMITAGE OF ST. SAUVEUR 155 partly of the XI. c. and XIII. c, which belonged formerlyto a Cluniac priory, and of which Bossuet always held theliving. The portal is curious. The choir windows haveremains of stained glass given by Blanche of Castile. Acurious sculpture represents Jesus offering to the Queen,as the Virgin, the portrait of St. Louis as a child. Thereare considerable remains of mural paintings, and, in theChapelle St. Eloi, a sculptured lavabo. A road runs north-west from Mantes, evading a widebend of the river, by the Chateau de Mesnil to (12 k.). HERMITAGE OF ST. SAUVEUR. Veiheuil^ which has an important collegiate church, partlygothic and partly renaissance, to the ornamentation ofwhich many kings and queens of France have porch bears the monograms of Frangois I. and HenriII. The south and west doors are sculptured with scenesfrom Scripture history. The west portal, surmounted by atriple gallery, has statues of royal benefactors; the centralcolumn bears a figure of Charity. The unfinished tower isof 1350. In the interior are considerable remains ofmural paintings. The XII. c. choir has good stall-work. 156 daVs near Paris At the end of the Cour de fEglise is a little crypt, a relicof the primitive church of Vetheuil. At 19 >^. from Mantes (2I k. from the station of Gasnyon the line from Vernon to Gisors), is the famous castleof La Roche-Guy on, founded by Guy de Guyon in 998(though the existing buildings are of the XIII. c), andtaken by the English in 1418, after a gallant defence byPerette
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