NORMANDY
THE SCENERY & ROMANCE OF ITS ANCIENT TOWNS
DEPICTED BY
GORDON HOME
Part 3.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER VII Concerning Mont St Michel CHAPTER VIII Concerning Coutances and Some Parts of the Cotentin CHAPTER IX Concerning St Lo and Bayeux CHAPTER X Concerning Caen and the Coast Towards Trouville CHAPTER XI Some Notes on the History of Normandy |
LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
MONT ST MICHEL FROM THE CAUSEWAY
THE LONG MAIN STREET OF COUTANCESIn the foreground is the Church of St Pierre, and in the distanceis the Cathedral.
THE GREAT WESTERN TOWERS OF THE CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME AT ST LOThey are of different dates, and differ in the arcading and otherornament.
THE NORMAN TOWERS OF BAYEUX CATHEDRAL
LIST OF LINE ILLUSTRATIONS
THE CHATELET AND LA MERVEILLE AT MONT ST MICHELThe dark opening through the archway on the left is the main entrance tothe Abbey. On the right can be seen the tall narrow windows that light thethree floors of Abbot Jourdain's great work.
THE DISUSED CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS AT CAEN
A COURTYARD IN THE RUE DE BAYEUX AT CAEN
CHAPTER VII
Concerning Mont St Michel
So, when their feet were planted on the plain
That broaden'd toward the base of Camelot,
Far off they saw the silver-misty morn
Rolling her smoke about the Royal mount,
That rose between the forest and the field.
At times the summit of the high city flash'd;
At times the spires and turrets half-way down
Pricked through the mist; at times the great gate shone
Only, that open'd on the field below:
Anon, the whole fair city disappeared.Tennyson's Gareth and Lynette
"The majestic splendour of this gulf, its strategetic importance, have atall times attracted the attention of warriors." In this quaint fashioncommences the third chapter of a book upon Mont St Michel which is to bepurchased in the littl