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Title: Rheims and the battles for its possession
Year: 1920 (1920s)
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Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields Reims (France) -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Clermont-Ferrand,France : Michelin & cie.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ept that the three high bays with lancet windows, which arepartially hidden in the northern transept, are here entirely visible. The stained-glass of the rose-window, destroyed by a hurricane in 1580,was replaced in 1581 by the Rheims artist Nicolas Derode. It represents theEternal Father surrounded by the twelve apostles. In the Rosary Chapel is a Renaissance altar-screen (1541), attributed tothe Rheims sculptor Pierre Jacques. The general scheme represents The(lend body of Christ on the knees of the Virgin, and above, Christ coming forthfrom the sepulchre. It was a gift of Canon Paul Grandraoul, who is shownon his knees before Mary Magdalene. The Roman mosaic work in the centre of the chapel was discovered inthe courtyard of the archbishops palace in 1849. Among the most remarkablescenes are: Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene, attributed to Titian; Christwith tin- angels, by Thaddeo Zuccaro; The Nativity, attributed to Tintoret;Manna in the Desert, attributed to Nicolas Poussin. 58
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st. remis chalice (Cliche LL.) The Cathedral Treasure This is kept in a sacristy built by Viollet-le-Duc, which is reached througha plain door in the southern facade of the transept. The treasure, which is very rich in precious reliquaries, chalices, andother pieces of goldsmiths work, was saved from the fire of September 19,1914, by the Cure of the Cathedral and one of his abbes. After being tem-porarily placed in the house of the Cardinal, it was evacuated in 1915, at theorder of the Historical Monuments Department. Among the best known of these art treasures are the Chalice of St. Remiand St. Ursulas Skiff. The Chalice of St. Remi, with its gold filagree work, six rows of chasing,and precious stones set in a collier, is a remarkable work of art. It was inthis chalice that, by special privilege, the kings of France communicated inwine at the conclusion of their consecration. Tradition has it that the gold 55 m

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