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Chapter IV: Part V: The Valley of the Garonne

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I. Introductory 383

II. St. André de Bordeaux 396

III. Cathédrale de Lectoure 402

IV. Notre Dame de Bayonne 405

V. St. Jean de Bazas 411

VI. Notre Dame de Lescar 413

VII. L'Eglise de la Sède: Tarbes 417

VIII. Cathédrale de Condom 420

IX. Cathédrale de Montauban 422

X. St. Etienne de Cahors 425

XI. St. Caprias d'Agen 429

XII. Ste. Marie d'Auch 432

XIII. St. Etienne de Toulouse 439

XIV. St. Nazaire de Carcassone 449

XV. Cathédrale de Pamiers 461

XVI. St. Bertrand de Comminges 464

XVII. St. Jean-Baptiste d'Aire 469

XVIII. Sts. Benoit et Vincent de Castres 471

XIX. Notre Dame de Rodez 474

XX. Ste. Cécile d'Albi 482

XXI. St. Pierre de Mende 490

XXII. Other Old-Time Cathedrals in and about the Basin of the Garonne 495

APPENDICES

I. Sketch Map Showing the Usual Geographical Divisions of France 503

II. A Historical Table of the Dioceses of the South of France up to the beginning of the nineteenth century 504

III. The Classification of Architectural Styles in France according to De Caumont's "Abécédaire d'Architecture Religieuse" 510

IV. A Chronology of Architectural Styles in France 511

V. Leading Forms of Early Cathedral Constructions 513

VI. The Disposition of the Parts of a Tenth-Century Church as defined by Violet-le-Duc 514

VII. A Brief Definitive Gazetteer of the Natural and Geological Divisions Included in the Ancient Provinces and Present-Day Departments of Southern France, together with the local names by which the _pays et pagi_ are commonly known 516

VIII. Sketch Map of the Bishoprics and Archbishoprics of the South of France at the Present Day 519

IX. Dimensions and Chronology 520

Index 545

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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St. André de Bordeaux _Frontispiece_

The Concordat (From Napoleon's Tomb) 43

St. Louis de La Rochelle 82

Cathédrale de Luçon 85

St. Front de Périgueux 87

Detail of the Interior of St. Front de Périgueux 90

Poitiers 93

St. Etienne de Limoges 105

Reliquary of Thomas à Becket 111

Cathédrale de Tulle facing 118

St. Pierre d'Angoulême facing 120

Notre Dame de Moulins facing 126

Notre Dame de Le Puy facing 134

Le Puy 138

The Black Virgin, Le Puy 143

Notre Dame de Clermont-Ferrand facing 144

St. Vincent de Macon facing 174

St. Jean de Lyon facing 176

St. Apollinaire de Valence 190

St. Véran de Cavaillon 200

Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon 205

Villeneuve-les-Avignon facing 212

Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon facing 218

St. Trophime d'Arles 228

St. Trophime d'Arles facing 228

Cloisters, St. Trophime d'Arles 233

St. Castor de Nîmes 236

St. Castor de Nîmes 237

St. Théodorit d'Uzès 245

Cathédrale de Chambéry 255

Notre Dame de Grenoble 258

St. Bruno 261

Belley 265

St. Jean de Maurienne 269

St. Pierre de St. Claude facing 272

Notre Dame de Bourg 275

Notre Dame de Sisteron facing 280

St. Jerome de Digne 283

Notre Dame d'Embrun 292

The Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes 320

St. Sauveur d'Aix 321

Detail of Doorway of the Archbishop's Palace, Fréjus 338

Eglise de Grasse 339

Marseilles 343

The Old Cathedral, Marseilles 345

St. Pierre de Montpellier facing 352

Cathédrale d'Agde 358

St. Nazaire de Béziers 361

St. Jean de Perpignan 368

Ste. Eulalia d'Elne 372

St. Just de Narbonne facing 374

Cloister of St. Just de Narbonne facing 378

Notre Dame de Bayonne facing 404

Eglise de la Sède, Tarbes 417

St. Etienne de Cahors facing 424

Ste. Marie d'Auch facing 432

St. Etienne de Toulouse facing 438

Nave of St. Etienne de Toulouse 445

St. Nazaire de Carcassonne facing 448

The Old Cité de Carcassonne before and after the Restoration 451

Two Capitals of Pillars in St. Nazaire de Carcassonne; and the Rude Stone Carving of Carcas 454

St. Nazaire de Carcassonne facing 454

Cathédrale de Pamiers 461

St. Bertrand de Comminges facing 464

St. Jean-Baptiste d'Aire 469

Sts. Benoit et Vincent de Castres facing 470

Notre Dame de Rodez facing 474

Choir-Stalls, Rodez 480

Ste. Cécile d'Albi facing 482

St. Pierre de Mende facing 490

Sketch Map of France 503

Medallion 510

Leading Forms of Early Cathedral Constructions 513

Plan of a Tenth Century Church 514

Sketch Map of the Bishoprics and Archbishoprics of the South of France at the Present Day 519

St. Caprias d'Agen (diagram) 520

Baptistery of St. Sauveur d'Aix (diagram) 521

Ste. Cécile d'Albi (diagram) 522

St. Pierre d'Angoulême (diagram) 523

St. Trophime d'Arles (diagram) 524

Notre Dame des Doms d'Avignon (diagram) 525

St. Etienne de Cahors (diagram) 527

St. Veran de Cavaillon (diagram) 528

Cathédrale de Chambéry (diagram) 529

Notre Dame de Clermont-Ferrand (diagram) 530

St. Bertrand de Comminges (diagram) 530

Notre Dame de Le Puy (diagram) 532

St. Etienne de Limoges (diagram) 532

St. Jean de Lyon (diagram) 533

St. Just de Narbonne (diagram) 535

Notre Dame d'Orange (diagram) 536

St. Front de Périgueux (diagram) 537

St. Jean de Perpignan (diagram) 537

St. Pierre de Poitiers (diagrams) 538

Notre Dame de Rodez (diagram) 539

St. Etienne de Toulouse (diagram) 541

St. Paul Trois Châteaux (diagram) 542

Cathédrale de Vaison (diagram) 543

_The Cathedrals of Southern France_

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