The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles XBeale, Sophia
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The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles X
Beale, Sophia
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[21] Some of its sculptures are now in the Renaissance Museum of the
Louvre. The recumbent alabaster statue of Philippe de Chabot, by Jean
Cousin; a white marble column and three Genii, by Etienne Lehongre, from
the tomb of Louis de Cossé, duc de Brissac, and of his brother, J. A. de
Cossé; a column with allegorical statues, &c., in bas relief, by Prieur
Barthélemy, from the monument erected for the reception of the heart of
Anne de Montmorency; sepulchral Genii, by Jean Cousin, from the tomb of
Philippe de Chabot; a Fortune, by the same sculptor and from the same
tomb; sepulchral monument of the Ducs de Longueville, by François
Anguier; and the recumbent statue of Anne de Bourgogne, daughter of
Jean-sans-Peur, wife of the Duke of Bedford. In the same museum of the
Louvre is a bas-relief from S. Denis of the 14th century with traces of
colour, the subject being the three martyrs, SS. Denis, Rusticus, and
Eleutherius.
[22] Henri IV. also abjured "his accursed heresy" at S. Denis.
[23] That Louis XVI. was not simple weak-minded and vacillating, but
treacherous and double-faced, there can be little doubt. A print
exhibited at the Exposition Historique de la Révolution, held in the
Salle des Etats of the Tuileries in 1889, represents the opening of an
iron closet after the slaughter of the 10th of August, and the display
of numberless documents--letters to Pitt, asking for help to reinstate
the monarchy; plans and projects for a counter-revolution; and
correspondence to and from the _emigrés_ and foreign princes.
[24] The _procès verbal_ of these villainies, giving the most hideous
and disgusting details, and the names of the distinguished persons who
were present at the entertainments, were to be seen and read in the
prison department of the Centenary Exhibition of 1889, together with
accounts of some of the doings within the walls of the Bastille in the
happy days when _lettres de cachet_ were kept ready signed for
distribution.
[25] See note, page 52.
[26] Bossuet's panegyric upon the queen reads like a satiric ode: "Elle
va descendre à ces sombres lieux, à ces demeures souterraines pour y
dormir dans la poussière avec les grands de la terre, comme parle Job;
avec ces rois et ces princes anéantis, parmi lesquels à peine peut on la
placer, tant les rangs y sont pressés, tant la mort est prompte à
remplir ces places."
[27] Alexandre Lenoir made a coloured drawing of the body at the time,
representing the entire skeleton wrapped up in white stuff embroidered
in gold.
[28] Philippe de Commynes.
[29] Guilhermy.
[30] G. Millet.
[31] In the Cathedral of Dol the remains of a monument by Juste are
signed: _Magister Johannes cujus cognomen est Justus et Florentinus_,
possibly indicating that the Justes were of Italian origin (Giusto).
[32] Through the flames of purgatory, we attain the crown. See page 62.
[33] Unfortunately, this being metal, was melted up in 1793.
[34] This still exists.
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