Vanished towers and chimes of FlandersEdwards, George Wharton
Religion
Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders
Edwards, George Wharton
Change ringing; Chimes; Church buildings -- Flanders; Flanders -- Description and travel
St. Martin's, cathedral of, Ypres, 73, 77, 78, 79
" church of, Alost, 113, 114
" church of, Dixmude, 55, 56, 57, 60
St. Mary Bells, in Antwerp cathedral, 44
St. Nicholas, church of, Furnes, 99, 171
St. Peter, church of, Louvain, 147, 152
St. Pierre, tower of, Ypres, 80
St. Rombauld, Malines, chimes of, 19, 22
" " spire of, 17
" " tower of, 26-37, 44
St. Walburga, church of, Oudenaarde, 165, 174-176
St. Winoc, the abbey of, Bergues, 95
Sainte Begga, 23, 121
Salvator Bell, the, 20, 48
Scheldt, the river, 133, 204, 205
Smeyers, Egide Joseph, 192
" Gilles, 192
" Jacques, 192
Snellinck, Jean, 188
Speytorre, the, Courtrai, 119
Stevens, Pierre, 189
Taillebert, d'Urbain, 79
Thierry d'Alsace, 65, 85
Toeput, Louis, 188
Tournai, Town Hall, 52
Tower of the Templars, the, Nieuport, 99, 101
Town Hall of Brussels, 17
" " of Courtrai, 129
" " of Dixmude, 56
" " of Louvain, 17
" " of Oudenaarde, 17
" " of Tournai, 52
Trabukier, Guillaume, 184
Untenhoven, Martin, 78
Van Aken, Sebastian, 193
Van Artevelde, family of, 36
" " Philip, 66, 86
Van Avont, Pierre, 189
" " Rombaut, 189
Van Battele, Baudouin, 183
" " Gautier, 183
" " Jean, 183
" " Jean le Jeune, 183
Van den Gheyn, family of, 20, 33, 42, 44, 45, 158
" " " Mathias, 147
" " " Peter, 48
Van Dyck, 133
Van Eyck, Jean, 79
Van Halter, Catherine, 24
Van Ophem, Jean, 186
Van Orley, Bernard, 184
Van Orshagen, Jean, 183
Van Steynemolen, Zacherie, 184
Van Thieleu, Jean Philippe, 192
Van Valckenborgh, Luc, 188
" " Martin, 189
Van Yleghem, Daniel, 183
Van Yper, Carel, 80
Vauban, 65
Verbeek, Francois, 186
" Hans, 186
Vereeke, 65, 70
Verhaegan, P.J., 150, 153
Verhoeven, Jean, 191
" Martin, 191
Verhulst, Pierre Antoine, 194
Ver Vloet, Jean, 195
Vinckboons, Maur, 184
" Philip, 189
Waghemans, family of, 20
Waterloo, the Battle of, 206
Willems, Marc, 187
William the First of Holland, 199, 201, 204
Ypres, the Beguinage, 82
the cathedral of, 69, 72
the Cloth Hall, 69, 73, 74, 75, 78, 80, 81
the Hotel de Ville, 73
Yser, the river, 55, 62
Zeelstman, 19
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Those who are interested in the subject are referred to C.
Lemonnier's "Histoire des Beaux Arts en Belgique" (Brussels, 1881), E.
Hessling's "La Sculpture Belge Contemporaire" (Berlin, 1903), Destree's
"Renaissance of Sculpture in Belgium," Crowe and Cavalcaselle's "Early
Flemish Painters" (1857).
[2] This passion play is described in detail in "Some Old Flemish
Towns." (Same author. Moffat, Yard & Co., New York, 1911.)
[3] See "Some Old Flemish Towns."
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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