. Unfrequented France by river and mead and town. ave, ever seen, whilst the narrowwinding valley of soft gold-green is in beautifulcontrast with the rugged grandeur, not to saysavageness, of its environment. The buildings of this once important Abbey ofBaume are now turned into a farmhouse, butenough remains to bespeak the former magnificenceof the aristocratic monastery, to which none couldbe admitted without furnishing proof of pure degreeof nobility on both the paternal and maternal the abbey is the church, which possessesat least one chef-doeuvre. This altar-piece in wood,
. Unfrequented France by river and mead and town. ave, ever seen, whilst the narrowwinding valley of soft gold-green is in beautifulcontrast with the rugged grandeur, not to saysavageness, of its environment. The buildings of this once important Abbey ofBaume are now turned into a farmhouse, butenough remains to bespeak the former magnificenceof the aristocratic monastery, to which none couldbe admitted without furnishing proof of pure degreeof nobility on both the paternal and maternal the abbey is the church, which possessesat least one chef-doeuvre. This altar-piece in wood, belonging to the fifteenthcentury, is in the form of a triptych, the wings beingenriched within and without by paintings in excel-lent preservation. The interior is divided into sixcompartments, in which are represented the variousscenes of the life and passion of Christ. Thevarious figures are finely sculptured, and coveredwith gold. Other paintings by the same artistdecorate the walls of the church. One tomb, that of an abbe of Baume, is very. V) OS o a VIVI w 72W l W 03 THROUGH THE JURA 69 beautiful, being ornamented with seven smallstatuettes of weeping monks, who occupy littleGothic niches. The expression and attitude of thesefigures are touching in the extreme. All thesemonuments are highly interesting, and worthy ofbeing studied in detail. The church is disfiguredby not a few modern vulgarities. Our way home lay through the picturesque valleyof the Seille, and past many sites celebrated fortheir wines or antiquities. Vines, maize, buck-wheat, potatoes, and hay covered the hill-side andthe plain, whilst poplar- and fruit-trees gave abun-dant shadow. We pass Voiteur, with its ruins;Chateau Chalon, ancient Celtic ofifidum, renownedfor its wines, like Tokay, veritable Madere secFrangais, genereux, the Chateau du Pin, massivedonjon perched on a hill, and still habitable, whereHenry IV sojourned, and other picturesque andinteresting sites, reaching home before dusk. Infine we
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