Paris . pee. II Iavait voulu ainsi dans son testament. Quand onsouscrivit ci cette derniere volont^ par un jeu singulier du hasard, ilarriva que sa tombe fut placee juste au-dessous de ce lutrin quil avaitsi comiquement chante.—Fournier, ^ Paris dsmoli. No external stair leads to the upper chapel, because itwas the royal oratory opening from the palace. We ascend,by an inner staircase, to the platform of the upper porch, avast covered balcony, forming the real approach, by whichthe royal family entered, and communicating on. the northwith the palace galleries. Hence the upper chapel isentered
Paris . pee. II Iavait voulu ainsi dans son testament. Quand onsouscrivit ci cette derniere volont^ par un jeu singulier du hasard, ilarriva que sa tombe fut placee juste au-dessous de ce lutrin quil avaitsi comiquement chante.—Fournier, ^ Paris dsmoli. No external stair leads to the upper chapel, because itwas the royal oratory opening from the palace. We ascend,by an inner staircase, to the platform of the upper porch, avast covered balcony, forming the real approach, by whichthe royal family entered, and communicating on. the northwith the palace galleries. Hence the upper chapel isentered ~by a gothic double portal, of which the beautifulwreathed-work at the sides is ancient ; the statue of Christis a restoration. On the lintel is theLast Judgment, and * In the Cloitre Notre Dame. ?28o PARIS in the tympanum is the Saviour with his hands raised,having the Virgin and S. John at the sides. The bas-reliefof the Creation and History of the Old Testament at thebase, are also LA The upper church is a mass of gilding, and harmoniousin colour from the fifteen stained windows, which, as far aspossible, are restorations of the old windows mutilated duringand after the Revolution. Eleven are filled with scenes LA SAINTE-CHAPELLE 281 from Old Testament history, but three in the apse and onein the nave are devoted to legendary history and that of thetranslation of the chapel relics. In the great rose ofCharles VIII., the subjects are taken from the the windows is an arcade, with sculptures representingmartyrdoms. Beautiful statues of the twelve apostles leanagainst the lower pillars, all bearing a cross of fourth, fifth, and sixth statues on the left, and the third,fourth, and fifth on the right, are ancient. These statuesand the small figures of angels have shaken off the stillnessand stiffness which characterised the earlier style (as atNotre Dame, Amiens, &c.), and are represented in move-ment, displaying
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