Identifier: northernfranc00karl (find matches)
Title: Northern France : from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its environs : handbook for travellers
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: PIMS - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Virgin,beneath, a figure of the Virgin, and still lower, Adam and Eve; on theright side, the Annunciation, the Visitation, and the Presentation; on theleft side, the Magi, Herod, Solomon, and the Queen of Sheba; below,Biblical scenes. — The left porch is dedicated to St. Firmin, the first bishopof Amiens. In the tympanum, the Invention and Translation of the relicsof the saint; between the doors, a figure of St. Firming at the sides, otherssaints of the district. The medallions represent the signs of the zodiacand employments suitable for each month. — The portals are surmountedby beautiful gables, on the central one of which is a modern figure of anangel. Above are a handsome gallery, a row of niches containing twenty-two colossal statues of kings of France, a magnificent rose-window 38 ft.in diameter, and (at the top) a gallery connecting the towers. The S. AND N. SiDKS of the cathedral, which resemble each otherin treatment, deserve attention also. The S.W. door is known as the
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Cathedral. AMIENS. 2. Route. 27 Porte de IHorloge or Porte de St. Chrlstophe, from the adjoiningcolossal statue of St. Christopher. Of the statues on the exterior ofthe chapels of the nave the best are those representing the An-nunciation (3rd chap.), St. Nicholas (4th chap.), and the Trans-figuration (5th chap.). The elaborate sculptures that embellish thedoor of the S. Transept (Porte de la Vierge Dor^e or Porte St. Honore)date, with the exception of the large statues at the sides, from theclose of the 12th century. In the tympanum are the Apostles andthe Life of St. Honors, bishop of Amiens; in the vaulting, angelsand scenes from the Old Testament, etc.; and at the sides twoangels and six unidentified personages. Between the doors is thebeautiful Vierge Doree. The rose-window above the porch representsa wheel of fortune. — The porch of the N. Transept, the PorteSt. Firmin le Confesseur, is simpler than the others. Among thefigures on the exterior of the nave-chapels on the N. sid

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