. Rheims and the battles for its possession . arles de Lorraine, is the work of the Rheimsmetal-founder, Pierre Deschamps. The scaffolding fire of 1914 reached the belfry, bringing down the bells,which were broken in the fall. 42 The Lateral Facades and Chevet The lateral facades of the Cathedral are of rare beauty. Nowhere haveabutments and flying buttresses hern so harmoniously employed as here. Theyare not merely supports, but form part of the decorative scheme of the nave,and ensure the harinom of the whole. Buttresses, finished off with pinnacles,serve as points ol support for two superim
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . arles de Lorraine, is the work of the Rheimsmetal-founder, Pierre Deschamps. The scaffolding fire of 1914 reached the belfry, bringing down the bells,which were broken in the fall. 42 The Lateral Facades and Chevet The lateral facades of the Cathedral are of rare beauty. Nowhere haveabutments and flying buttresses hern so harmoniously employed as here. Theyare not merely supports, but form part of the decorative scheme of the nave,and ensure the harinom of the whole. Buttresses, finished off with pinnacles,serve as points ol support for two superimposed flying-buttresses. The oc-tagonal pinnacles are flanked with four small triangular pyramids and sup-ported in front by two slender detached columns. Between the latter, undercanopies, angels with outstretched wings carry the instruments of the Passionand various other emblems (.see photo, p. 49). Skirt the Cathedral on the left, passing in front of the North Facade {seebelow), to reach the Northern Transept. THE NORTHERNTRANSEPTIN 1919. The Northern Facade and Transept The transept is pierced with broad bays, whose completion, as in all thewindows of the Cathedral, consists of two twin arches surmounted by a six-leaved rose. The niches in the buttresses are ornamented with statues believedby some to represent Kings of France. At any rate, that of the buttress onthe western front of the north-west tower greatly resembles the figure of carved on the doorway of the church of St. Vincent at Carcassonne. The carvings of the lower windows were either destroyed or damaged onSeptember 19, 1914, at the same time as the stained-glass. The two towerswhich flank the crossings were left unfinished. Before the fire of 1481, there was a lantern over the intersection of thetransept. 43
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