. Rheims and the battles for its possession . of themany specimens of Roman architecture which Rheims had preserved. The Doorway of the Southern Transept Although the transept dates from the 11th century, its southern fagadewas built in 1480 by Robert de Lenoncourt. The doorway, which bears the Lenoncourt arms, comprises only one door,divided by a pillar with statues of St. Remi and the Virgin. The deep vaulting of the door is ornamented with vine-foliage. At thebase, in the supporting walls, are statues of St. Sixtus and St. Sinicius (thefirst missionaries to Rheims) bare-footed, clothed in l
. Rheims and the battles for its possession . of themany specimens of Roman architecture which Rheims had preserved. The Doorway of the Southern Transept Although the transept dates from the 11th century, its southern fagadewas built in 1480 by Robert de Lenoncourt. The doorway, which bears the Lenoncourt arms, comprises only one door,divided by a pillar with statues of St. Remi and the Virgin. The deep vaulting of the door is ornamented with vine-foliage. At thebase, in the supporting walls, are statues of St. Sixtus and St. Sinicius (thefirst missionaries to Rheims) bare-footed, clothed in long embroidered mantlesand holding books. In the vaulting above the head-covering of the mission-aries are eight groups of statuettes representing episodes in the Life andPassion of Jesus. Tourists who follow the Itinerary on page 95, come out by the Rue , in front of the doorway of the south transept. The latter is betweenthe ruined apse (on the right) and the south lateral fagade (on theleft). SOUTHERN TRANSEPT OF ST. REMI CHURCH. 105
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