North Aisle: L, several good mediæval recumbent tombs, mostly from other abbeys, named on placards. Read them. Then, =Tombs of the Family of St. Louis=, recumbent, also named: 13th and 14th cents. =**Tomb of Louis XII=, and his wife Anne de Bretagne, by Jean Juste of Tours. After the Certosa monument. Beneath, Twelve Apostles; four allegorical figures of Virtues: king and queen, in centre, recumbent; above, on canopy, king and queen kneeling. On base, reliefs of his Italian victories. R, column commemorating Henri III, by Barthélemy Prieur. Stand by =steps= leading to =raised Ambulatory=, only point of view for =**Tomb of Dagobert=, on opposite side of choir, 13th cent. Legend of his soul, see above. Erect statues of Sigebert, his son, and Nantilde, his queen. Insist on time to view it with opera-glass. L, =**Tomb of Henry II= and Catherine de Médicis. King and queen recumbent, in marble, below; kneeling, in bronze, above. At corners, the four cardinal virtues, bronze. Also after Certosa. =Ascend steps to Ambulatory.= Below, monuments of the Valois family. Above, L, second monument of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis, recumbent marble on bronze mattress. Observe monograms of H and D, as on Louvre. Proceed round Ambulatory. =Chapels= to the L have stained-glass windows of 12th and 13th cents. Interesting subjects, which note in passing. =**=Beautiful =view across the church= as you pass the transepts. In the centre of the =apse= of the Choir (above the tombs in Crypt), is the Altar of St. Denis, with his fellow-martyrs, St. Rusticus and St Eleutherius—modern imitation of the original shrine, broken at the Revolution. During the _neuvaine_ (nine days after St. Denis’ day—Oct. 9) the Reliquaries are exposed in the Nave, near the barrier. On one side of the Altar is a reproduction of the Oriflamme. Beyond this Altar, continue along the South Side of the Ambulatory, to the =Sacristy=. Modern paintings, here, relating to the History of the Abbey. Labels beneath describe their subjects. Adjoining it is the =Treasury=, containing only uninteresting modern church utensils. Beyond the Sacristy, =Tomb of Frédégonde=, from St. Germain-des-Prés. Hands, feet, and face probably once painted. Descend steps from ambulatory. =Descend to Crypt.= This, the oldest portion of the existing building, was erected by Suger, to contain the Tombs of the Three Martyrs, buried under their altar. Its architecture is the most interesting of all in the Basilica. Notice the quaint Romanesque capitals of the columns. In the centre, bones of the Royal Family, within the grating. Neglect them, and observe the arches. In the =Crypt Chapels=, uninteresting modern statues (Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, colossal figures for the Monument of the Duc de Berry, etc.). Neglect these also, and observe rather the architecture and =good fragments of glass= in windows, particularly a very naïve Roasting of St. Lawrence. =Return to church.= Monument of Du Guesclin, 1380.