tunately, has never been finished, consists of a nave, two side aisles, transepts with chapels, a fine central tower whose spire has never been completed, a chevet, an ambulatory, and two apsidal chapels, crowned externally with curious spires recalling those of St. Nicolas of Caen. The well-developed flying buttresses are thoroughly French in style, but the capitals with round and polygonal abaci, the naturalistic foliage, and the excess of unrestrained ornament, which characterize the interior, seem English. The ambulatory vault has broken diagonals. This monument may be assigned to the third quarter of the XIII century. (De la Balle; Benoist III, 39.) CHAPELLE-SUR-CRÉCY, Seine-et-Marne. Église, which consists of a nave, two side aisles, and three apses, was erected c. 1210, but altered in the flamboyant period. Of the latter epoch are the first three bays of the gallery on each side of the The vaults, reinforced by well-developed flying buttresses, are quadripartite; the five ribs are carried on a system of three shafts rising from corbels placed just above the capitals of the monocylindrical piers. The arches of triforium and clearstory are trilobed; the latter are filled with simple plate tracery. (Baudot; Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. I, 46.) nave. ment GRAND-ANDELY, Eure. Notre Dame. The greater portion of this monuthe west façade, the nave, the choir, and the side aisles- may be assigned to the middle of the XIII century. In the XV century the low central tower was added, and about the end of the same century the southern transept was constructed. The line of lateral chapels on the south side of the nave seems to have been added in the XVI century at the same time the triforium, clearstory, and flying buttresses were rebuilt, — while the northern transept up to the clearstory level, its façade, and the two chapels which flank it were built between 1550 and 1575. Internally, the nave is characterized by a continuous system of three shafts, capitals with square abaci, and fine glass of the XVI century. The façade, flanked by two towers, is supplied with three recesses (two of which are blind), but has no buttresses. Fine details and jambs consisting of shafts standing in front of an arcade an English motive are the distinguishing features of the central portal. The east end is square. (De la Balle; Benoist.) THIERVAL, Seine-et-Oise. Eglise, which may be assigned to c. 1210, is entirely covered with quadripartite vaults, whose transverse and diagonal ribs - the wall ribs are omitted—are carried on corbels. The lofty clearstory is pierced in each bay by three lancets, but the triforium has plate tracery. A single colonnette is engaged on the aisle side of the square piers. The buttresses are heavy; the flying buttresses, well developed. The octagonal tower, which is only one story high, is characterized by shafted angles and pointed windows. (Baudot.) LOUVIERS, Eure. Notre Dame. The existing nave and choir doubtless belonged to the church consecrated in 1226,' but the tower, which has almost the appearance of a donjon, was added in 1336 during the English occupation. According to notes in the parish register, the outside walls (including presumably both the present double side aisles) were reconstructed in 1493-96. The existing edifice 1 Gall. Chris. XI, col. 584, cit. Inkersley, 81. De la Balle states (without citing his authority) that a text of 1341 gives the dates of construction as 1218 or 1220. consists of a nave, nave, double side-aisles, transepts, and a rectangular choir. The system rises from the octagonal abaci of the monocylindrical piers. Remarkable features of the interior design are the triforium with flat lintels and trilobed arches, and the clearstory with trilobed arches and plate tracery. The vaulting is quadripartite. The southern portal is a gorgeous piece of flamboyant lace-work in which the hanging arch and flattened ogee curve occur. (De la Balle; Benoist; Cotman.) CHIRY-OURSCAMP, Oise. Abbaye d'Ourscamp. The vaults of this ruined abbey have all fallen, but the choir with its ambulatory - which is double up to the point where the radiating chapels begin are still in fair preservation. Cylindrical piers and a continuous system of three shafts characterize the chevet. The monument may be assigned to the end of the XIII century. (Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist.) FERRIÈRES, Seine-et-Marne. Église, which may be assigned to c. 1200, consists of a nave, two side aisles, and three polygonal apses whose vaults are of the same type as that of the chevet of Amiens. From the octagonal abaci of the monocylindrical piers rise three shafts carrying the five ribs of the quadripartite vaults. The wall rib has a capital at the top of the stilting. Flying buttresses are concealed beneath the aisle roofs. The triforium consists of a continuous arcade, the clearstory of a series of oculi. There is simple tracery in the western rose window; elsewhere there is none. (Baudot; Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. I, 44.) MONT-NOTRE-DAME, Aisne. Eglise Collégiale is in a poor state of preservation. The choir, which was supplied with an ambulatory, and the transepts disappeared in a fire of 1568, but their foundations together with the ancient crypt, which, although it has been called Carolingian, can hardly be earlier than the second quarter of the XII century, survive. Also three bays of the nave still stand, without, however, their vaults which fell in 1642. From these ruins it is evident that the ancient edifice, which may be assigned to c. 1230, contained a western narthex flanked by two towers, a fine clearstory with simple tracery, and cylindrical piers on each of which was engaged a single colonnette. (Lefèvre-Pontalis; Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. I, 54.) CHITRY, Yonne. Église is of especial interest for its fortifications, which consist of four flanking towers and a trench surrounding the edifice. The church properly so-called consists of a long narrow unadorned nave said to date from the XIII century and a single side aisle added at the beginning of the XIV century. (Quantin.) BOUGIVAL, Seine-et-Oise. Notre Dame consists of a nave three bays long, two side aisles which end in chapels flanking the choir, a choir of a single bay surmounted by a tower, and a five-aisled apse. The tower, which is the most interesting part of the monument, is surmounted by a spire with four angle turrets. A developed chevet vault covers the apse. In the nave the system of three shafts rises from the abaci of the cylindrical piers; there are no flying buttresses; the clearstory windows are oculi. The portal has lost all artistic and archaeological value through restoration. The apse, the choir, and the tower may be assigned to the closing years of the XII century; the nave is of the XIII century. (Lambin, 83; Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist.) MONUMENTS OF THE FOURTH CLASS AMBLENY, Aisne. Église consists of a nave of four bays, two side aisles, transepts, and a polygonal apse. The nave, which is assigned to c. 1220 by M. Lefèvre-Pontalis, is characterized by pointed arches in the main arcade, monocylindrical piers with crocketed capitals, and slender shafts rising from the abaci to support the ribs of the vaults. The side aisles, also vaulted, are of the same period. Over the crossing is a well-preserved rib vault, which is assigned to the last third of the XII century. With the exception of the vault of the southern transept rebuilt in the XIII century the transepts and their vaults are contemporary with the crossing. The choir, erected in the XVI century, is a monument of the Renaissance. The façade with its fine gabled portal and the central tower are of the XIII century. (Lefèvre-Pontalis II, 114.) ARDENNES, Calvados. Abbaye. It is known that c. 1213 the vaults of this abbey fell, killing the abbot and twenty-five canons. A complete rebuilding must have been begun, to judge from the style of the existing edifice, about 1250. Jean de Blond (1297-1324) advanced the construction energetically, but the edifice cannot have been finished until long after his death, for the present façade must date from the middle of the XIV century, while its rose window is evidently even later. This façade has octagonal turrets. Otherwise the exterior is remarkable for the absence of flying buttresses. (De la Balle; Benoist III, 31.) ST. BAGNEUX, Seine. St. Herbeland consists of a nave, two side aisles, a lateral tower, and a rectangular choir whose easternmost bay is surmounted by a sexpartite vault. In the nave three shafts rise from the abaci of the monocylindrical piers to carry the five ribs of the vaults; in the choir there are grouped columns of various designs. The triforium has round arches, the clearstory consists of a series of oculi. The flying buttresses are an addition of 1847; the tower is also modern; the portal and the choir may be assigned to c. 1200; the nave is somewhat later. (Lambin, 13.) NANGIS, Seine-et-Marne. St. Martin. This church of the early XIII century is supplied with an ambulatory, quadripartite vaults, a system of five shafts resting on the abaci of the piers, cylindrical supports on each of which are engaged four colonnettes, a continuous triforium, and a clearstory of lancet windows. (Aufauvre et Fichot, 157.) NEUILLY-SUR-MARNE, Seine-et-Oise. St. Baudile consists of a nave, two side aisles, a lateral tower, and a rectangular choir. The ribs of the quadripartite vaults are supported on shafts rising from the abaci of the monocylindrical piers. The clearstory windows are surmounted by lintels slightly triangular in form. Externally the edifice is remarkable for its portal whose pointed arches are ornamented with chevrons and for the absence of flying buttresses. The church seems to be a Gall. Chris. XI, col. 559, cit. Inkersley, 88. homogeneous structure of the last quarter of the XII century. According to tradition it was constructed by Foulque, the curé of Neuilly who preached the Fourth Crusade. (Lambin.) CHAMPIGNY, Seine-et-Oise. Église. The nave is covered with square quadripartite vaults surmounting an alternate system, but the side-aisles are groin-vaulted. The semicircular apse, which seems slightly earlier than the nave, doubtless dates from the first years of the XIII century. (Lambin, 32.) MAREIL-MARLY, Seine-et-Oise. Église consists of a nave of three bays, two side aisles, and three apses of which the central one is polygonal. Although much modernized, the tower, together with its spire and four angle turrets, seems to be the most ancient part of the edifice. The nave is characterized by quadripartite vaults, monocylindrical piers, a well-developed triforium, a clearstory, consisting of a series of oculi, and a system of three shafts rising from the abaci. There are no flying buttresses. The arches are all pointed, but the windows are without tracery. (Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. I, 52.) VOULTON, Seine-et-Marne. Église. This edifice, constructed at the end of the XII or beginning of the XIII century, was burned in 1567 and, even worse, was "restored" in 1839. It consists of a nave, two side aisles, and three semicircular apses. The system is alternate, but the nave vaults are quadripartite and embrace double bays, except in the easternmost bay where there is an octopartite vault, embracing three bays. All the vaults are without wall ribs, but are reinforced by welldeveloped flying buttresses placed only where needed. The side aisles are covered with groin vaults supplied with transverse ribs. The windows are round-headed, but most of the other arches are pointed. (Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. I, 63; Aufauvre et Fichot.) TILLARD, Oise. Eglise, constructed (it is said) in 1340, consists of a singleaisled nave covered with a wooden roof, and a polygonal apse. This little monument is in excellent preservation, and is remarkable for the simplicity and refinement of its detail. The tracery of the windows is rayonnant, though tending to become flamboyant; angle buttresses occur in the apse. (Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. I, 77.) VERNOUILLET, Seine-et-Oise. Église consists of a nave, two side aisles, a central tower, transepts, and a rectangular choir. The tower, a fine Romanesque structure, is surmounted by a noble Gothic spire with dormers and angle turrets. The nave, of which only two bays survive, is characterized by quadripartite rib vaults without wall ribs, developed buttresses, monocylindrical piers, and a system rising from the abaci. Groin vaults surmount the side aisles and the transepts. The northern transept with its chapel dates from about the middle of the XIII century. (Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. I, 29; Baudot.) BOULOGNE-SUR-SEINE, Seine. Église of the XIV century consists of a single-aisled nave, transepts, and an apse. The two western bays of the nave and the façade are modern. (Lambin, 87.) LOUVECIENNES, Seine-et-Oise. Eglise consisted originally of a nave, two side aisles, and a rectangular choir, but in the XIX century the tower, two bays of The crossing and the remain- the nave, and the northern side aisle were torn down. ing side aisle are vaulted; the nave is roofed in wood. series of oculi. A remarkable feature is the rose window of the east end. (Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. I, 51; Baudot.) NESLES, Seine-et-Oise. Église consists of a nave, two side aisles, and a polygonal apse flanked by two chapels. The vaults are sexpartite with stilted wall ribs; the system is peculiar in that the intermediate shafts rise from the triforium string directly over the crowns of the arches of the main arcade. The alternate system of three shafts rests directly on the abaci. There is a continuous triforium and a high clearstory. Externally, the main body of the edifice is characterized by well-developed buttresses in several ressauts and by the absence of flying buttresses. The interesting central tower of c. 1160 is ornamented with two stories of round-arched openings richly moulded in several orders, a very Lombardesque arched corbel-table, and angle buttresses composed of grouped shafts. The spire has turrets but no dormers. The façade is notable for its rose window filled with beautiful early tracery or rather cusping, and for its single turret. To judge from the style the nave and choir must date from c. 1200. (Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. I, 25; Baudot.) AIRES-LES-MELLO, Orne. Église seems originally to have consisted of a nave, two side aisles, transepts, and a rectangular choir, but outer side aisles and chapels have been added. The vault is quadripartite; the system was probably originally continuous with the exception of the wall shaft which rose from the triforium level. Although some of the arches are round, the windows are filled with plate tracery. (Johnson.) ARCUEIL, Seine. St. Denis. The two first bays of the nave are of the XV century; the two which follow are of the middle of the XIII century; and the rectangular choir, two bays long, is of the end of the XII century. A triforium occurs in the nave, but not in the choir; the clearstory consists of a series of oculi; the portal is modern. (Lambin, 27.) PUISEAUX, Loiret. Église consists of a nave, two side aisles, transepts, and a square chevet surrounded, nevertheless, by an ambulatory. Over the crossing rises an octagonal tower. The choir, which seems to date from the last years of the XII century, is characterized by simple flying buttresses. The nave built originally a little later has been altered in the XIV and XV centuries, but the clearstory retains its ancient lancet windows. (Arch. de la Com. des Mon. Hist. II, 28; Dumesnil.) FEUCHEROLLES, Seine-et-Oise. Église, with square east end, was erected at the end of the XII century, but was altered in the XIII and XIV centuries. The quadripartite vaults of the nave are oblong in the latitudinal sense; the vaults of the side aisles (which are very narrow) are oblong in the longitudinal sense. Owing to their excessive width the nave vaults are highly domed. There is a complete set of ribs, all of simple profile, springing from the system of three shafts at a level above the main pier capitals but below the true springing of the vault. There is no clearstory. Externally, the edifice is characterized by well-developed buttresses and a |