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From: jbugslag <[log in to unmask]>
>> *were* there tombs in those side chapels of St. Mary's of Paris?
> Christopher,
> There certainly were in some of them, but since they were mostly cleared
out, presumably in the 18th century, only fragmentary remains exist, some in
museums and some highly
restored examples have been placed back in the chevet chapels. Gaignieres and
others have recorded many tombs that have disappeared.
these will be conveniently consultable (at least in postage stamp size
figures) in:
Jean Adhémar, et al. “Les tombeaux de la collection Gaignières. Dessins
d'archéologie du XVIIe siècle,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, LXXXIV, 1974, pp.
1-192; LXXXVIII, 1976, pp. ; XC, 1977, pp. .
supplemented by Elizabeth A. R. Brown, The Oxford collection of the drawings
of Roger de Gaignières and the royal tombs of Saint-Denis. Philadelphia:
American Philosophical Society, 1988.
http://books.google.com/books?id=oiILAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Les+tombeaux+de+la+collection+Gaigni%C3%A8res%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
>They may exist, but I have never seen any systematic study of these chapels
and their functions. There may be something in Alain Erlande-Brandenburg's
book on Notre-Dame, but our copy is currently in my wife's office, so I can't
check.
Life is Short, and you kids should Kiss and Make Up.
just admit that you were horribly, stupidly, insensitively wrong and apologize
for whatever it was you did (or failed to do) and get on with the rest of your
life.
c
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