Amiens (France) -- Guidebooks; Amiens (France) -- History; World War, 1914-1918 -- France
Fifth chapel (Our Lady of Peace--D5 _on plan_): _Virgin_ by _Blasset_.
Against the pillar which separates the fifth and sixth chapels is the
funeral monument of _Jean de Sachy_, Sheriff of Amiens, and his wife,
one of _Blasset's_ finest masterpieces. Both the deceased are
represented kneeling before the Virgin, to whom they are made known by
John the Baptist.
The Transept (_photo p. 25_)
At the intersection of the transept, four massive pillars composed of
sixteen columns rise up to the vault.
There is a fine rose-window at each end. That of the south arm, with
curved mullions, is in the Flamboyant style, and contains portions of
the original stained glass (_see heads of angels_).
That in the north arm (_photo p. 25_) belongs to the 14th century. Part
of the original stained glass still exists, though restored.
Under each rose window are two superposed, open-work galleries
containing fragments of old stained glass representing persons.
[Illustration: THE TRANSEPT, NORTH ARM.
(_to the right_):
THE CHOIR.
(_in foreground_):
ALTAR OF OUR LADY OF PUY.]
Two altars of similar design by _Blasset_ were erected between 1625 and
1635, one in each arm, forming pendants.
Four tall statues, two seated and two standing, form the framework of an
altar-screen with painting, the latter surmounted by the statue of the
patron of the chapel.
The altar of the south arm (_E on plan_) is dedicated to _Our Lady of
Puy_, represented drawing a child out of a well (_photo opposite_.)
The painting of the altar-screen by the Flemish artist François Francken
(_The Assumption_), is the finest in the Cathedral.
The altar in the north arm (_F on plan_) is dedicated to _St.
Sebastian_, seen at the top pierced with arrows.
In the aisle of each arm, against the enclosure wall of the last chapel
in the nave, will be seen in Flamboyant style niches, early 16th century
carvings representing: _In the south arm_, an episode in the life of St.
James the Less (5 _on plan_), and _in the north arm_ (6 _on plan_), the
story of Jesus driving the buyers and sellers out of the Temple (_photo
p._ 26).
These carvings have never been restored.
Other noteworthy objects in the transept are:
1. _South arm_: In the arcading of the Gilded Virgin Door are three fine
late 13th century statues of angels with the instruments of the Passion.
At the top of the pediment is a statue of St. Michael (16th century).
Below the stone carvings in the aisles, _eight black marble tables_,
surmounted by small _bas-reliefs_ by _Blasset_ representing the
principal episodes in the life of the Virgin.
On the tables are inscribed all the names, with their respective
devices, of the _Masters of the Brotherhood of our Lady of Puy_, from
1389 to 1729 (_p._ 42).
_North arm_ (_photo above_): Stone and white marble tomb of Cardinal
Hémard de Denouville (8 _on plan_), fine Renaissance monument (1543)
backed up against one of the pillars at the intersection of the
transept.
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