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INDEX.
  • (2) The Town:—
  • country round, 3.
  • highest land near, 22.
  • manufactory chimneys, 5.
  • railway station, 1, 5.
  • Roman gate near, 23.
  • S. Acheul, chimney of, 9, 22.
  • streams and rivers of, 2.
  • the "Venice of France," 2.
  • (3) The Cathedral:
  • (a) History,—
  • books on, 145 n. iv. 5 n.
  • building of, 139. iv. 2.
  • ,,by whom? 152-3. iv. 12.
  • completion of, rhyme on the, 153 sq. iv. 12.
  • history of successive churches on its site, 155. iv. 14.
  • (b) General aspect of,—
  • as compared with other cathedrals, 137. iv. I.
  • the consummation of Frankish character, 73. ii. 38.
  • the "Parthenon of Gothic architecture," 138. iv. I.
  • (c) Detailed examination of,—
  • approaches to, which best, 144 sq. iv. 6.
  • apse, the, its height, 150. iv. 9.
  • ,,the first perfect piece of Northern architecture, 151. iv. 11.
  • choir, the, and wood-carving, 142-3 & n. iv. 5 & n.
  • façade, 168 sq. iv. 28 sq.
  • ,,the central porch,
  • ,,,,apostles of, 169. iv. 29.
  • ,,,,Christ-Immanuel, David, 168. iv. 28.
  • ,,,,prophets of, 169. iv. 29.
  • ,,the northern porch (S. Firmin), 192 sq. iv. 44.
  • ,,the southern porch (Madonna), 203 sq. iv. 48.
  • fléche, from station, 5, 6; 147. iv. 7 ; 163. iv. 58.
  • foundation steps, the old, removed, 166. iv. 27.
  • restoration of, 166. iv. 27 ; 191. iv. 43.
  • rose moulding of, 166. iv. 27.
  • sculptures of, 207-8. iv. 51.
  • ,,of virtues less good than of prophets, 188. iv.42.
  • transepts of; North, rose window, 147-8. iv. 8.
  • ,,,,sculpture of, 193 n. iv. 43 n.
  • ,,South, Madonna on, 147. iv. 7.