. Rheims and the battles for its possession . ROOF OF THE NAVE IN 1914 In the foreground on the right: Corner ofthe Southern ROOF OF THE NAVE IN 1919 In the foreground, on the right: Corner ofthe Southern Transept 54 the entrance to the choir, the spot where St. Nicaise was beheaded, on thethreshold of his church. «;h formerly indicated by a small circular chapelknown as La Rouelle de St. Nicaise. The tiny building was replaced by amemorial inscription on the flagstone, supposed to have been stained with theblood of the martyr. The Aisles of the NavesThe windows of the Aisles are si


. Rheims and the battles for its possession . ROOF OF THE NAVE IN 1914 In the foreground on the right: Corner ofthe Southern ROOF OF THE NAVE IN 1919 In the foreground, on the right: Corner ofthe Southern Transept 54 the entrance to the choir, the spot where St. Nicaise was beheaded, on thethreshold of his church. «;h formerly indicated by a small circular chapelknown as La Rouelle de St. Nicaise. The tiny building was replaced by amemorial inscription on the flagstone, supposed to have been stained with theblood of the martyr. The Aisles of the NavesThe windows of the Aisles are similar to the lofty windows of the walls were formerly hunt; with valuable tapestries, which were takendown and evacuated by the Historical Monuments Department at the outbreakof the War. The two oldest, dating hack to about 1440, and known as thetapestries of the fort roi-Clovis, were presented by Cardinal Charles de Lor-raine, and depict the historj of Clovis. Those of the Renaissance, given in1530 by Archbishop Robert de Lenoncourt, who caused himself to be por-trayed kneeling in the picture of the Birth of Christ, de


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