These are the master-stalls. The two terminal stalls near the chancel are likewise surmounted by a pyramid with small statues. [Illustration: DETAILS OF STALLS; COMPASSION SEAT REPRESENTING ABRAHAM SACRIFICING ISAAC.] Both as regards woodwork and carving, the stalls are rightly considered masterpieces, in the latter respect, on account of the infinite variety of [Illustration: DETAILS OF STALLS: (_on right_) ANGEL DRIVING AWAY JOSEPH'S DOUBTS. (_on left_) JOSEPH ASKING PARDON OF MARY FOR UNWORTHY DOUBTS.] subjects, profusion of figures and extreme delicacy of ornamentation. The finish and detail are truly extraordinary. The scenes represented belong to two different classes: 1. On the stalls proper, including the seats, but excepting the elbow or hand-rests, and on the hand-rails and panels of the passages leading from the low stalls to the high stalls, are represented the _Story of the Creation_ from Adam to Job, and the _Life of the Virgin_. 2. On the elbow-rests of the stalls and--alternated with clusters of leaves--on the pendentives of the canopy, subjects taken from the lives of the burgesses and artisans at the beginning of the 16th century (especially the handicrafts then practised), fables (_the Fox preaching to the Hens_) and satirical or fanciful scenes are depicted. In the biblical and other subjects dealt with, the buildings, costumes, insides of houses, furniture and various accessories belong to the time when they were carved. Consequently, in addition to their artistic value, the stalls form an historical document of great value. [Illustration: DETAILS OF STALLS: ELBOW-REST REPRESENTING APOTHECARY COMPOUNDING DRUGS.] Chapels in Apse The seven radial chapels of the apse are pentagonal, the central one having two bays more than the others. Starting at the south aisle, the first chapel (_St. Eloi_--_H_ 1 _on plan_) is decorated on the basement of the two west bays, with eight fine though greatly deteriorated figures of prophetesses (1506). The third, fourth, and fifth chapels were restored by _Viollet-le-Duc_, in the 19th century, in accordance with the decorative scheme employed in the 13th century. The fourth chapel (that of the _Virgin_--_H_ 2 _on plan_) contains some 13th century restored stained glass (scenes from the _Life of the Virgin and Tree of Jesse_). [Illustration: TOMB OF CANON GUILAIN LUCAS WITH "WEEPING ANGEL" STATUE.] On the left, let into the sides of the wall, are two 14th century tombstones. The basement carrying the two recumbent statues is ornamented with arcading and mourners, this being one of the earliest examples of that type of decoration, since so frequently used for funeral monuments.