The Story of Rouen

Chapter 3

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_Literature and Commerce_ 369

_A Madrigal of 1550_ 362

_Appendix_ 394

_Index_ 403

ILLUSTRATIONS

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_St. Maclou_ _Frontispiece_

_The Arms of Rouen_* 1

_The Original Fontaine Croix de Pierre_ 13

_Crypt of St. Gervais_ 19

_Statue of St. Louis_ 22

_Initial Letter from an old Manuscript_ 24

_The Arms of Rouen_* 35

_Chapelle de la Fierte de St. Romain_ 37

_The Arms of Normandy_* 44

_Figure from the Border of the Bayeux Tapestry_* 56

_Figure from the Border of the Bayeux Tapestry_* 64

_Figure from the Border of the Bayeux Tapestry_* 72

_Horses for the Army of William the Conqueror crossing the Channel, Bayeux Tapestry_* 74

_Figure from the Border of the Bayeux Tapestry_* 88

_Interior of the Chapel of St. Julien_ 96

_Corbel from the old Church of St. Paul_ 99

_Apse of the old Church of St. Paul_ 101

_The Arms of France_* 103

_A Mason at Work_* 118

_Portail des Libraires_ 123

_Rouen Cathedral from the North-West_ 128

_The Good Shepherd of the Grosse Horloge_ 141

_The Salt Porter of St. Vincent_ 147

_La Grosse Horloge and the Town Belfry_ 151

_Hôtel des Bons Enfants_ 159

_A Cobbler at Work_* 161

_The Rue du Hallage_ 165

_The Chartreuse de la Rose_ 181

_The Apse of St. Ouen_ 193

_Maison des Célestins_ 196

_Rue St. Romain_ 206

_La Cour d'Albane_ 218

_Central Tower of St. Ouen from the South-East_ 222

_Tour Jeanne d'Arc_ 230

_The Original West Front of St. Ouen_ 236

_Nave of St. Ouen_ 239

_Staircase of St. Maclou_ 245

_Door of St. Maclou_ 246

_Tour St. André_ 247

_Église St. Laurent_ 249

_Western Porch of St. Vincent_ 257

_Palais de Justice. Tourelle in the Rue St. Lô_ 267

_Courtyard of Palais de Justice_ 272

_Octagon Room of the Palais de Justice_ 278

_Bureau des Finances, from the Parvis_ 284

_Cour des Comptes, from the Rue des Carmes_ 288

_The Dead Body of De Brézé, from his Tomb in Rouen Cathedral_* 292

_Entrance to the Aître St. Maclou_ 299

_The Cemetery of St. Maclou_ 304

_Tomb of the two Cardinals d'Amboise, from Rouen Cathedral_ 311

_Tomb of Louis de Brézé in Rouen Cathedral_ 313

_A Monk praying, from the Tomb of the Cardinals d'Amboise_ 315

_Sir Christopher Lytcot, from the Brass in West Hanney Church_* 319

_Des Todes Wappenschild, after Holbein_* 320

_Rouen in 1525, by Jacques Lelieur_ _Facing_ 321

_The Gallery of the Maison Bourgtheroulde_ 323

_The Field of the Cloth of Gold_ 327

_A Window in the Maison Bourgtheroulde_ 335

_Inner Façade of the Maison Bourgtheroulde_ 339

_Maison Caradas_ 347

_Rue de l'Épicerie_ 353

_A Window in the Maison Bourgtheroulde_* 361

_Rouen in 1620, by Mérian_ _Facing_ 369

_Coustou's Bas-relief of Commerce_* 369

_Pierre Corneille, by Lasne_ _Facing_ 376

_Eau de Robec_ 381

_Courtyard in the Rue Petit Salut_ 388

The illustrations marked with * are drawn by Jane E. Cook.

MAPS

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A. _The Site of Rouen between the Seine and the Hills_ 3

B. _Main Streets and Boulevards, showing the Walls besieged by Henry V._ _Facing_ 5

C. _The Gallo-Roman Walls, and the oldest Streets in Rouen_ _Facing_ 71

D. _Rouen in the Thirteenth Century_ _Facing_ 103

E. _The Extension of Rouen Eastwards at the end of the Fourteenth Century_ _Facing_ 169

F. _Plan (and elevation of the Houses) of the Vieux-Marché and the Marché-aux-Veaux (now Place de la Pucelle) drawn by Jacques Lelieur for his "Livre des Fontaines" in 1525_ _Facing_ 209