Zodiacal Signs, months of the year, treatment of, 130, 131. EDINBURGH COLSTON AND COY. LIMITED PRINTERS FOOTNOTES: [1] ‘Belsia, triste Solum, cui desunt bis tria tantum: Fontes, prata, nemus, lapides, arbusta, racemus.’ The couplet has been neatly translated:-- ‘Le triste pays que la Beauce! Car il ne baisse ni ne hausse; Et de six choses de grand prix Collines, fontaines, ombrages, Vendanges, bois et pâturages En Beauce il n’en manque ... que six!’ [2] In this connection, _see_ the window, No. 6, in the clerestory of the nave of the Cathedral, north side, the subject of which is ‘Tilling the Ground.’ [3] Un Athée serait mal à l’aise ici. [4] September 15 and December 8. [5] For a theory of the relation of their ceremonial to that of other primitive cults, _see_ Mr. J. G. Fraser’s fascinating book, _The Golden Bough_ (2nd Edition), and Mr. Andrew Lang’s criticism of that theory in his _Magic and Religion_ (New Edition). [6] Such Roman remains as have been found at Chartres together with these coins will be found in the Musée, Hôtel de Ville (Rue de la Mairie, Place des Halles). [7] Tibullus, i. 8. [8] _Acta SS. MM. Saviniani et Potentiani_, manuscripts edited by L’Abbé Hénault, Origines Chrétiennes de la Gaule Celtique. [9] Representations of these early martyrdoms are to be found in the beautiful statue of Modesta, with bas-relief of the well, etc., and the statue of S. Potentian, with bas-relief of his martyrdom, on the western supports of the north porch (looking towards the new tower), and in the first window of the Chapel of the Sacred Heart. [10] The monk Paul, who lived at Chartres towards the end of the eleventh century and wrote the _Cartulaire de Saint Père_, speaks of it as _Locus Fortis_. [11] The crypt is open and free from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and shown to visitors by the concierge at certain hours throughout the day for a small fee. Apply to the lodge of the Maison des Clercs at the south-east corner of the church. [12] Pintard MS. [13] _See_ pp. 23, 43, 64, 76. [14] Notice in this connection the two beadwork belts dedicated by the chiefs of the Hurons, 1676, and Abnaqui Indians, 1700, which are now in the western recess, which is the Chapel of S. Savinian or the Saints Forts. [15] Wisdom. [16] The Rue des Changes, starting almost opposite the south porch of the Cathedral, leads in a direct line to the Place S. Aignan. [17] The third window from the north-west corner is called the Bishop’s Window, and contains figures of S. Aignan, S. Martin of Tours, S. Denis, and S. Nicholas. [18] See him portrayed in the beautiful brown and yellow glass of the fifth window of the south clerestory of the Cathedral nave. [19] Third window of the south clerestory of the nave.