Rouen, It's History and Monuments - A Guide to Strangers by Théodore Licquet
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perceive a church supported by arches, in the construction of which,
several masons are busily employed. Near it, is a woman kneeling, and holding up with both her hands the plan of a gothic window. Same aisle, in going up, and opposite the fourth arcade of the nave: a window occupied with subjects relative to the life of saint Sever. Left aisle of the choir, opposite the fourth arcade: a window entirely occupied with the life of saint Julian-the-hospitaller. Same aisle, between the semi-circular lateral chapel and the chapel of the Virgin: two windows, representing the life of Joseph, the son of Jacob. We may still read, although with difficulty, the name of the painter and glazier. It is inscribed on a phylactery, in the following manner: CLEMENS VITREARIUS CARNOTENSIS M ... On the other side of the choir, between the chapel of the Virgin and the semi-circular lateral chapel: two windows, one representing the Passion; the other the life of a saint. He is almost entirely represented naked from the head to the waist, and on horseback. Semi-circular chapel of the southern transept in the corner of the window, the martyrdom of saint Laurent.» All these windows date from the end of the XIIIth century. The most curious is that representing the life of saint Julian-the-hospitaller. The Cathedral contains likewise several fine specimens of windows of the time of the _renaissance_. We must remark, especially, those which |
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