[18] I copied the following from the “Tariff” of the seats in S. Étienne:-- “Une stalle haute par année, 8 fr. Une stalle basse par année, 5 fr. Les deux premiers bancs à chaque côté du chœur, 8 fr. Les deux centres bancs derrière l’autel, 7 fr. 50 c.” [19] See the Illustration of a Wheel of Fortune in _Les Arts Somptuaires_, Vol. II., taken from a MS. in the _Bibl. Imp._, No. 6877. [20] This work recalls to mind the work of the same character at Glastonbury. [21] It is sometimes called also the “_Sainte Chapelle_” of S. Germer: I know not, however, on what grounds. M. Viollet-le-Duc does not mention it in his list of S. Chapelles. [22] There is some reason for believing that the Lady-chapel of S. Germain-des-Prés was groined with sexpartite vaulting: if so, it differed from the other chapels in this respect. [23] P. 365. [24] These groined triforia are called tribunes by the French antiquaries. At Montierender, where both occur, the upper stage is more than usually similar to our English triforia; and in all these cases it would perhaps be best to accept the French terminology as being substantially correct. The tribune is, in fact, a second stage of the aisle. [25] The abbey church of Longpont was dedicated in A.D. 1227, in the presence of S. Louis. Its value as a dated example is therefore considerable, independent of its high architectural interest. [26] _Dictionnaire_, Vol. II. p. 309. [27] The arrangement of these gables recalls to mind the very similar arrangement at Salisbury and Lincoln. [28] The autumn of 1860. The original paper, which has undergone considerable revision since it was read on 7th January, 1861, will be found in the First Series of _Transactions_, 1860–61, pp. 97–119.--A. E. S. [29] I give an extract from “La Estoire de Seint Edward le Rei,” MS. Bibl., Publ. Cambridge. Ee iii. 59: “Seint Pere, du ciel claver, Va sa iglise dedier, Des angeles mut grant partie Li funt servise e grant aie. Li angele chantent au servise, La nuit quant dedient l’iglise Tant ja du ciel luur Ke vis est au peschur, Ke li solailz e la lune Lur clarté tute i preste e dune.” This is the rubric descriptive of the illustration, whilst in the poem itself is the following passage: “E cist si tost cum arive Entrez est en sun muster; Li airs devint lusanz e clers, N’out en muster tenegre ne umbre; Atant des angres grant numbre, Ki s’en venent a sum servise A dedier cele iglise. Tant ja partut odur, Ke vis est a cel pescur Ke li solailz la lune Sa clarté tute preste u dune Angles pu cel avaler Regarde e puis remunter; Teu joie a, ke li est vis Ke raviz est en Parais, Pur l’avisium k’apert.” [30] _L’Auvergne au Moyen Age_, by M. Dominique Branche. Clermont-Ferrand, 1842.