Each gallery comprises four bays, the pointed vaults of which are supported on one side by brackets, and on the other by a cluster of slender colonnettes. [Illustration: IN THE CLOISTER, _see p. _36.] [Illustration: THE CLOISTER OF ST-LÉGER CHURCH, IN 1918. ... _Then came the war._] To the east of the cloister is the old 13th century chapter-house, disfigured. It is lighted by three windows and has pointed arches resting on columns with crocketed capitals. The walls of the cloister and chapter-house bear numerous traces of the bombardments. The first door on the right in the east gallery of the cloister leads to a =crypt= below the church, built at the beginning of the 12th century and about 40 feet in length. It consists of two galleries with two bays, the groined ribs of which are carried on square pillars flanked by columns with cubic foliate capitals. This crypt is prolonged, on the east, by a polygonal apse lighted by small tierce-point windows and having pointed vaulting which was rebuilt in the 13th century on the plan of the apse of the upper church (_photo below_). [Illustration: THE CRYPT, ST-LÉGER CHURCH.] [Illustration: THE HÔTEL-DE-VILLE. _Front overlooking the gardens_] _Leaving Saint-Léger, turn to the left and follow the Rue de la Congrégation as far as the_ =Hôtel-de-Ville=. The Hôtel-de-Ville occupies the old Hôtel de l’Intendance, built in 1772 on the site of the old castle which belonged to the Counts of Soissons in the Middle-Ages. Struck in various places by large calibre shells, it suffered considerable damage (_photo above_). Its Museum and Library did not escape damage and were, moreover pillaged, while some of the pictures in the museum were lacerated. However, many objects were removed in time to be saved. The =museum= contains some fine sculpture, including: the tympanum of a 13th century portal taken from the Church of Saint-Yved-de-Braisne, representing _The Descent of Christ into Hades_; another defaced 14th century tympanum from the cloister of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes; a Romanesque storied capital: _Abraham sacrificing Isaac_ (_photo p. _41); other 12th century capitals with foliage; the carved lintel of a Renaissance mantelpiece; the memorial statue of an Abbess of Notre-Dame, etc. [Illustration: TRENCHES IN THE GARDENS OF THE HÔTEL-DE-VILLE.] The other rooms of the museum contain objects of the pre-historic or Gallo-Roman epoch (e.g. Gallo-Roman dish in chased silver), an important collection of medals and ceramic ware, picture galleries, casts, etc ... The Library contains over 50,000 volumes and 200 manuscripts. Among the latter should be noted: a beautifully illuminated 12th century Missal of Saint-Médard; a Bible of Saint-Yved-de-Braisne (12th century); the Charters and Records of the Abbey of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes; a very fine manuscript of the first half of the 14th century, with miniatures: _The Pilgrimage of Human Life_. [Illustration: ABRAHAM SACRIFICING ISAAC. _Storied Roman Capital_]