Chapter I: Preface

The task of writing an account of the cathedral of Notre Dame is materially lightened by the minute details of its history and architecture to be found in the various writings of M. Viollet-le-Duc, of which, unfortunately, the Library of the British Museum does not contain a complete set. The _Description de Notre Dame_, published in 1856 by M. de Guilhermy in conjunction with M. Viollet-le-Duc, contains much useful material, while the splendidly illustrated account of the church in the first volume of _Paris à travers les Ages_ is full of interesting archæological particulars. As the numerous other authorities which have been used are quoted in the text, it is unnecessary to enumerate them here. The writer has found Mr. Charles Herbert Moore’s _Development of Gothic Architecture_ useful in not a few difficult matters. He wishes specially to thank Mr. Edward Bell for valuable suggestions on many important points.

CHARLES HIATT.

CHELSEA,
_October, 1902_.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CATHEDRAL 3

II. THE PLACE OF NOTRE DAME IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
FRENCH GOTHIC 19

III. THE EXTERIOR 27

IV. THE INTERIOR.--THE NAVE 55

V. THE TRANSEPTS AND THE CHOIR 71

VI. CONCLUSION.--THE SACRISTY, ETC. 94

VII. LIST OF THE BISHOPS AND ARCHBISHOPS OF PARIS 98

INDEX 103

GROUND PLAN AT END

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Notre Dame and the Pont de l’Archevêque _Frontispiece_

Notre Dame from the South 2

Notre Dame from the Quai St. Bernard 3

Queen Marie Antoinette returning Thanks 11

The Chevet 18

Section of Nave and Double Aisle 21

North Aisles of the Nave 23

The West Front 26

Chimères 27

String-course on the West Front 29

Carved Foliage, Portail de la Vierge 30

Portail de la Sainte-Vierge 31

Figure of St. Marcel 33

Sculpture of the Last Judgement 34

Tympanum of the Porte Sainte Anne 35

Apostles--Central Doorway 36

Figures--Porte Sainte Anne 37

Chimères 38

” 39

Le Stryge, after Méryon 41

The Roof-ridge of Notre Dame, by J. Pennell 43

The Original Flèche 44

Clocheton 45

Windows of the South Aisle 46

Triforium Windows 47

The North Transept Front 49

Tympanum, North Transept 52

The Interior from the West End 54

The Nave: South Arcade 58

Capital in the Nave 59

The Nave: North Arcade 61

The Triforium Gallery 63

Elevations of the Nave 65

Angle of the Choir and South Transept 70

The North Transept 73

View of the Choir at the End of the Thirteenth Century 80

Grille at Entrance of Choir 82

The Choir, looking West 83

The Choir from the South Transept 87

The Place du Parvis in 1650 94

Notre Dame in the Thirteenth Century, with the Bishop’s Palace 98

[_Ed. Hautecœur, Paris._
NOTRE DAME FROM THE SOUTH.]

NOTRE DAME DE PARIS.