BELL’S HANDBOOKS TO CONTINENTAL CHURCHES NOTRE DAME DE PARIS [Illustration: NOTRE DAME AND THE PONT DE L’ARCHEVÊQUE. (_From an etching by C. Méryon._)] NOTRE DAME DE PARIS A SHORT HISTORY & DESCRIPTION OF THE CATHEDRAL, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CHURCHES WHICH PRECEDED IT BY CHARLES HIATT AUTHOR OF “CHESTER CATHEDRAL,” “BEVERLEY MINSTER,” “WESTMINSTER ABBEY,” ETC., ETC. WITH FORTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS 1902 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 PAGE 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