. Peeps into Picardy . acle piercingpinnacle—it shoots and wreathes itself into anenchanted glade, inextricable, imperishable, fullerof leafage than any forest, and fuller of storythan any book. ^ The whole work contains 400 subjects, mostlyBiblical, but many depicting the ordinary, every-day life of the time. Into some, amusingincidents are introduced; for example, whileMelchizedek is offering sacrifice, Abraham istrying to silence a httle dog which is barking. The corbels and pendatives are most is a chef-doeuvre. The subjects are mostdiverse; foliage and fruit, players of mus
. Peeps into Picardy . acle piercingpinnacle—it shoots and wreathes itself into anenchanted glade, inextricable, imperishable, fullerof leafage than any forest, and fuller of storythan any book. ^ The whole work contains 400 subjects, mostlyBiblical, but many depicting the ordinary, every-day life of the time. Into some, amusingincidents are introduced; for example, whileMelchizedek is offering sacrifice, Abraham istrying to silence a httle dog which is barking. The corbels and pendatives are most is a chef-doeuvre. The subjects are mostdiverse; foliage and fruit, players of musicalinstruments, bakers, drunkards, and beggarscrowd and jostle each other in the almost endlesssequence. Upon two of the stalls, the 86th and 92nd, ap-pears the name of Trupin. This at first ledpeople to beUeve that he was the designer of thewhole scheme, but upon consulting the accountsof the time it was found that he was but a simpleworkman. Upon the 92nd stall appear the words, * Ruskin. Our Fathers have told i -l AMIENS i8i Jan Turpin Dieu te pourvoie, a pious wishone can echo sincerely. About a hundred years after their completion,the stalls were nearly destroyed by fire owingto the carelessness of a watchman, the pyramidon the south side being nearly entirely consumed,but so well has the damage been restored it isdifficult to recognize the later work. Of the original 120 stalls only no remain,eight having been removed in 1755 to enlarge theentrance of the choir, and at a later period oneat each side near the sanctuary. The fleur-de-liswith which the backs of the high stalls weredecorated were removed during the FrenchRevolution ; there is at the time of writing aproject on foot to replace them. Behind thehigh altar is an immense Glory in the degradedstyle of the xviii c. ; it is especially to be re-gretted, as it shuts out the Lady Chapel, a viewof which would greatly improve the vista as seenfrom the west end—its removal is at presentunder consideration. The po
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