Days near Paris . siciansand priests, and, his illness still increasing, he sent some moneyto Mantes to rebuild the churches that he had burned.—AtigustinThierry. The noble church of Notre Dame was built with themoney sent by William the Conqueror, and was againrebuilt at the end of the XII. c. at the same time asNotre Dame de Paris, to which it has a great facade shows what that of Paris would have been ifits completion had not been delayed till the middle of the 1^2 DA VS NEAR PAklS XIII. c. Of the three grand portals, two are admirableexamples of the XII. c. ; that on the ri
Days near Paris . siciansand priests, and, his illness still increasing, he sent some moneyto Mantes to rebuild the churches that he had burned.—AtigustinThierry. The noble church of Notre Dame was built with themoney sent by William the Conqueror, and was againrebuilt at the end of the XII. c. at the same time asNotre Dame de Paris, to which it has a great facade shows what that of Paris would have been ifits completion had not been delayed till the middle of the 1^2 DA VS NEAR PAklS XIII. c. Of the three grand portals, two are admirableexamples of the XII. c. ; that on the right was rebuilt in1300, with a gable copied from the south portal of Rouencathedral, which adds to the effect of the building by itsvariety. Above the three portals are seven arches, ofwhich four light the first floors of the two towers. Higher,is a large window in each tower, and in the centre a beauti-ful rose-window. The graceful gallery above, of slenderlancet arches, is comparatively modern. The upper story. MANTES. of the towers, of open arches, is indescribably light andbeautiful. The retired space, shaded by trees, in which thechurch stands, recalls an English cathedral close in thecharm of its seclusion. The church has no transept, and originally it had onlya simple ambulatory, with no radiating chapels; the fivechapels which surround the choir only having been addedin the XIV. c. The clerestory is exceedingly light, andthe triforium, covering the whole space of the aisles, ofgreat width. Two leaden coffins recently discovered are MANTES i^^ supposed to contain the heart and entrails of PhilippeAuguste, who died at Mantes, July 14, 1223. Viollet-le-Duc mentions the Chapelle de Navarre on the south ofthe choir^ with its four arches meeting at a central pillar,as one of the finest examples of the XIV. c. in the He deFrance. Its four great windows are beautiful in design,have grand fragments of stained glass, and are supportedby a graceful arcade. Against the wall of th
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