Produced by Charles Franks, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE CHURCHES OF PARIS [Illustration: NOTRE-DAME FROM THE QUAI DE BERCY.] THE CHURCHES OF PARIS FROM CLOVIS TO CHARLES X BY S. SOPHIA BEALE _Author of "A complete and Concise Handbook to the Museum of the Louvre" etc_ WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR FROM ORIGINAL SKETCHES PHOTOGRAPHS AND ENGRAVINGS LONDON W. H. ALLEN & CO LIMITED 13 WATERLOO PLACE SW 1893 _All rights reserved_ WYMAN AND SONS, LTD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND REDHILL. DEDICATED TO ONE WHOSE HELP WAS INVALUABLE BUT WHO IS NOW TO US ONLY A MEMORY [Illustration] "La nef vagant dessus la mer galicque Porte dedens soy richesse inestimable Justice y est pour patron magnificque Raison y sert de Lieutenant notable, Gens de scauoir par œuure treslouable Sont galliotz qui lamenent a port, Marchans y ont tresasseure support. Prebstres, Bourgeois, nobles, Clercz et gen-darmes. Icelle nef de se'fertile apport, Cest de Paris le beau blazon des armes." PREFACE. In a book of this kind, it is difficult to prevent oneself becoming a guide, more or less complete. Dates and facts, architectural details and descriptions, all savour of the handbook; but having determined to keep to the historical and archaeological, rather than the architectural side of the churches, I have tried to rake up quaint and legendary lore, and so add to the interest of an ordinary guide book. I would also pray my readers to bear in mind that, as the work is not intended to be an architectural treatise, I have simply walked in the paths of Viollet-le-Duc and Guilhermy, whenever I have been compelled to describe the technical details of the churches. My thanks are due to the Editor of the _American Architect_, for his courtesy in allowing me to build these ecclesiastical monographs upon the foundation of some articles which have appeared from time to time in a condensed form in the Boston (U. S. A.) paper; and also to the Editor of the _Magazine of Art_, for a similar kindness. I should also like to acknowledge my indebtedness to the following authors and their works: "Histoire de la Sainte-Chapelle." Morand. "Histoire de Saint-Denis." Dom Millet. "Histoire de Saint-Eustache." L'abbé Koenig. "Inscriptions du Diocèse de Paris." F. de Guilhermy. "Itinéraire Archéologique de Paris." F. de Guilhermy. "l'Église Saint Julien-le-Pauvre." A. Le Brun. "Monographie de l'Église Royale de Saint-Denis." F. de Guilhermy. "Sacred and Legendary Art." Anna Jameson. "The Early British Church." J. Yeowell. CONTENTS. PAGE SAINT-ANTOINE DES QUINZE-VINGTS 1 LES CARMES DÉCHAUSSÉES 1 LA SAINTE-CHAPELLE 2 SAINT-DENIS 30