Burgundy: The Splendid Duchy. Stories and Sketches in South Burgundy

CHAPTER XX

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PRINCESS MARGARET'S CHURCH

Bourg-en-Bresse--Signs of the South--Conveyances--Monument Historique--Cezenat--Princess Margaret's Church--Exterior--Interior--Story of Princess Margaret---Loys von Boghen--Death of Margaret--The Meaning of her Church--The Tombs--Paradin's Chronique de Savoie--Francis I. at Bourg 276

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Mont Beuvray Frontispiece

A Gaulish Soldier 1

On Mont Beuvray 7

The Wivern 10

The Porte St. André 11

Autun; shewing Cathedral and Mediæval Towers 17

Autun; Pierre de Couhard 19

Autun; Temple of Janus 23

Autun; Porte d'Arroux 25

Burgundian Peasant 30

Head of Augustus 31

Autun; Mediæval Towers 35

A Burgundian Welcome 38

Masks of Comedy and Tragedy 40

Roman Vine Ornament 41

St. Lazarus; from the Porch of Autun Cathedral 46

Autun; Fontaine St. Lazare Facing 50

Autun; Tour des Ursulines 52

Cluny Abbey and Gateway, as they were 59

Cluny; Valley of the Grosne and part of the Abbey Grounds 62

Cluny; Tour Fabri 64

Clunisian Ornament 67

God reproving Adam; from a capital of the Abbey of Cluny 70

Cluny Abbey, as it was at the beginning of XIXth Century (by permission of M. Perrault-Dabot) 72

Cluny; Clocher de l'Eau Bénite 78

Cluny; ruined Gate of the Narthex 81

A Jewelled Crucifix 85

Early Clunisian Ornament 86

Cluny; Tour des Fromages 87

Cluny; Gateway of the Abbey 90

Cluny; Hotel de Ville 92

Cluny; Pascal Lamb; twelfth century 93

Cluny; Hôtel des Monnaies, twelfth century 96

Ornament 99

Cluny; a Capital from the Abbey 102

Château de Berzé 104

Château de Lourdon 106

House of Lamartine 110

St. Bernard 111

St. John: Burgundian School 119

Justice and Truth 126

Paray-le-Monial; the Church 127

Two Priests 128

Paray-le-Monial; North Door of the Church 132

Gontran and Bertille 136

Her Three Crowns 144

Abélard and Héloïse 145

Beaune; Maison Colombier Facing 150

Chalon-Sur-Saône; Maison de Bois. 159

The Saône near Tournus 160

A Street in Tournus 162

Tournus; the Abbey 170

By the Saône 172

Antigny-le-Chatel 173

Arnay-le-Duc; Corner House, sixteenth century 181

Arnay-le-Duc; Tour de la Motte Forte Facing 182

Dijon 184

Dijon: at the Café 187

Moses; from the Puits de Moïse, Dijon 189

Philippe le Bon, Duke of Burgundy 191

A Corner of the Tomb of Philippe le Hardi 193

Pleurants from the Tomb of Philippe le Hardi 194

Dijon; Corner of the Place des Ducs 197

Pleurant 199

Ornament 200

Sword 202

Dijon: Decorated windows of the Maison Milsand 203

Dijon Museum; Woman at Prayer 204

Dijon; a Street Facing 208

Dijon; Door of Eglise St. Michel 211

Dijon; A Font in the Eglise St. Michel 212

Sculpture; Notre Dame de Dijon 213

Dijon; Well outside the Duke's Kitchen 214

Vine Ornament 215

Dijon; a fifteenth century Window 218

Ornament 219

Arbre Charlemagne 220

The Three Huntsmen 221

Through the Forest 225

Vine Ornament 230

Beaune; Belfry of the Hospice de la Charité 231

Beaune; Porch of Notre Dame Facing 232

Beaune; Courtyard of the Hôtel Dieu 235

Star Ornament 236

Saint Martin and Saint Margaret 237

Ruins of St. Margaret's Abbey 239

La Rochepot 241

Beaune: Porch of the Hôtel-Dieu Facing 242

Tomb of Philippe Pot 245

Taking his Ease 247

Roman Column at Cussy 251

Valley of Nantoux 254

St. Martin Preaching 257

Burgundian Ox-cart 258

In Rural Burgundy 261

Junction of Rivers Doubs and Saône 261

Oxen ploughing Facing 264

Burgundian Cottage 267

Château de Moux 270

Nantua and the Lake 272

Nantua from the Hill 274

Princess Margaret's Tomb 276

Bourg; in the Street 278

Eglise de Brou: Ste. Madeleine from the Tomb of Marguerite d'Autriche 287

Eglise de Brou: Ornament from the Tomb of Marguerite d'Autriche 290

Princess Marguerite d'Autriche 292

Sketch Map of South Burgundy 293