. Rheims and the battles for its possession . ENTRANCE TO THE SALLE DU TAU (or kings hall) (see plan, p. 33) The Archi-episcopal Chapel (See plan, p. 33) This was without doubt the workof Jean dOrbais, the first architectof the Cathedral. It resembled thelatter in many respects. With its seven-sided apse, four-baynave and lancet-shaped windows with-out rubber-work, it was remarkablyslender and graceful. Its finest ornament was the 13thcentury bas-relief, The Adoration ofthe Magi, in the tympanum of theentrance door. The white marble inner porticoof the door dated from the Restora-tion. The oth
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . ENTRANCE TO THE SALLE DU TAU (or kings hall) (see plan, p. 33) The Archi-episcopal Chapel (See plan, p. 33) This was without doubt the workof Jean dOrbais, the first architectof the Cathedral. It resembled thelatter in many respects. With its seven-sided apse, four-baynave and lancet-shaped windows with-out rubber-work, it was remarkablyslender and graceful. Its finest ornament was the 13thcentury bas-relief, The Adoration ofthe Magi, in the tympanum of theentrance door. The white marble inner porticoof the door dated from the Restora-tion. The other, formed of in-laidwood panels, was adorned with five16th or early ]7th century paintedfigures. The lower chapel, partly subter-ranean, was fitted up as a lapidarymuseum in 1865 and - £ %
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