French Cathedrals & Churches

Mâcon - Moncel

Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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Mâcon, St-Pierre

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West front (late 19th c.) (directions reversed)

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West front, lower levels (late 19th c.)

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West front, upper levels & towers (late 19th c.)

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South exterior (late 19th c.)

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East end from southeast (late 19th c.)

Maguelone Cathedral

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Fortified west front (11th-12th c.)

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West door (12th c)

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Nave looking east (11th-12th c.)

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North nave elevation (11th-12th c.)

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Choir & south transept (11th-12th c.)

Le Mans Cathedral

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Chevet & south transept from east

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Chevet from southeast (13th c.)

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Chevet (13th c.), (Y) double flying buttress

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South nave exterior (11th-12th c.)

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Convex, or Plantagenet vault of nave (12th c.)

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St-Julien west end window (1896)

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Ascension window (c. 1134-58)

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Organ (Pierre Bert, 1529-35) in south transept

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North transept (15th c.)

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North transept rose lancets (1392-1402)

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North transept rose (1392-1402), lower panels

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Sacristy window

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Choir stall panel 'The Resurrection' (detail, 1576)

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Chevet (completed 1254)

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Inner ambulatory vault of chevet

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Lady Chapel (axial, 13th c.) with 14th c. murals

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Lady Chapel (13th c.) mural paintings of 47 angel musicians

Marseille

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East end of old cathedral Ste-Marie Majeure (12th c.) with side chapel (14th c.)

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South exterior of old cathedral (12th c.) with truncated nave on left

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Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde (mid-19th c.)

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Tower (1864), Notre-Dame de la Garde

Marseille, Abbaye de St-Victor

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North entrance with Tour Urbain (14th c.) & Tour d'Isarn (11th c.)

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West end & south nave exterior (11th-13th c.) from southwest

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Nave looking east (11th-13th c.)

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Nave barrel vault (11th-12th c.), ribbed crossing vault (early 13th c.) & hemicycle (1365)

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Groin vault (11th c.) with arris (raised edges)

Melun, Église St-Aspais

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South aisle chapel window (20th c.)

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Lierne vault (16th c.)

Melun, Notre-Dame

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South exterior (11th c., altered 15th c.)

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East end towers (11th c. altered 15th c.)

Mende Cathedral

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Cathédrale de Notre-Dame-et-St-Privat (14th, 15th & 17th c.), from the northwest

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West front

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North tower (1508-16), late Gothic with Renaissance motives

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West rose exterior (1608, restored 1931 in 15th c. style)

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Angel musicians on organ buffet (1654)

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West rose (1608, restored 1931 in Flamboyant style)

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North nave portal window

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Choir stalls (1692), north side

Metz Cathedral

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North exterior (13th-late 15th c.)

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West front rose (Hermann de Munster, 1385)

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Nave looking northeast (14th c.)

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North nave triforium & clerestory (14th c.)

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Nave looking west from choir (14th c.)

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West end rose (Hermann de Munster, 1385)

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South transept window, lower panels (Valentin Bousch, 1520-27)

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South transept window, oculus (Valentin Bousch, 1520-27)

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North transept window (Thiébaut de Lixheim, 1504)

Moissac, St-Pierre

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South porch (1140) with portal (c. 1130)

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Right side of trumeau, Jeremiah (c. 1130) (detail)

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South portal door, left side with metal hinge strap

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Nuns singing Laudes & Renaissance stone screen (16th c.)

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Cloisters from northwest with 76 arches (late 11th c.)

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Capital #5, 'Daniel in the Lions' Den,' west gallery

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Capital #39, 'Samson wrestling lion,' east gallery

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Capital #70, 'Vegetal design of Mozarabic influence,' north gallery

Mâcon, Old Cathedral (St-Vincent)

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Towers (12th-15th c.) and cathedral ruins from northeast

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Tympanum (12th c.) in cathedral ruins

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Capital, 'St-Michel driving back Satan' (12th c.)

Mâcon, New Cathedral (St-Vincent)

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West front (1810-16), new cathedral

Magné, Collégiale Ste-Catherine

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West front (early 16th c.)

Maillezais Abbey

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Abbey ruins (mid-11th c. -c. 1300)

Maillezais, Église St-Nicolas

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Romanesque west front (12th c.)

Manglieu, Abbatiale St-Sébastien

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Approaching abbey from northwest (12th c.)

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South nave portal (12th c.)

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Nave looking west (16th c.) with Romanesque narthex gallery at west end (12th c.)

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Chancel (10th c.) with ancient columns

Mantes, Collégiale Notre-Dame

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West front (begun 1170)

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West front portals (late 12th c.)

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West front north portal tympanum (1170-95)

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West front central portal tympanum (1170-95)

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West front south portal tympanum (1170-95)

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West front south portal gable (14th c.)

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Nave roof & west front towers from southeast

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Chapelle de Navarre exterior (early 14th c.)

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Chevet (14th c.) from east

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Chevet round windows (14th c.)

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Nave (13th c.), looking east

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Nave sexpartite vault (late 12th c.), looking east

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Choir gallery, north side (14th c.)

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Chapelle de Navarre (early 14th c.), west window (Gruber, 1956)

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Chapelle de Navarre vault (early 14th c.)

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West end nave (13th c.) with organ

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West end rose (early 13th c.)

Marseille Cathedral

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West front (1852-93) (north-south orientation)

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Southwest exterior (1852-93) with old cathedral (12th c.) on right

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Domes from southeast (mid-19th c.)

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Neo-Byzantine nave (1852-93)

Meaux Cathedral

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West front (14th c.)

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West rose exterior (15th c.)

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Unfinished west front south 'Black Tower' (1460-73), from southeast

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South transept Portail aux Lions (2nd half 13th c.)

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South choir exterior (2nd half 13th c.); southeast apse chapel (14th c.)

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Elevated escalier (15th c.) from cathedral to chapter house

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North transept window (early 14th c.)

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Nave looking east (13th c.)

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North nave elevation (early 13th c.); pillars (15th c.), looking west

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Angel on top of pulpit (restored 1824) in south nave

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Southwest nave aisle window, upper panels (14th c.) with modern glass

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Organ (1627) on arcade (15th c.), west end of nave

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South transept windows, middle & upper panes (2nd half 13th c., glass 19th c.)

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North transept windows, upper panels (early 14th c., glass 19th c.)

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Lady Chapel windows (19th c.)

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Porte Maugarni (15th c.), north ambulatory

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Choir (2nd half 13th c.)

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East end Crucifixion window (14th c.)

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North choir elevation (2nd half 13th c.) & choir stalls (17th & 18th c.)

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South choir elevation (2nd half 13th c.), 1st bay gallery

Metz, St-Pierre-aux-Nonnains

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Early 7th c. foundation

Meursac, St-Martin

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West façade portal capitals, right side (12th c.)

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Birds pecking lions, choir capital (12th c.)

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Crypt (5th c.) beneath choir

Mirepoix Cathedral

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Chevet & tower from southeast

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West Gothic tower

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2nd bay, north nave, lower window

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West end window above organ

Moncel, Abbey

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Entrance (partly 14th c.)

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Cloister & courtyard (14th c., founded by Philippe le Bel, 1309)

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