Bordeaux Cathedral
West front (12th c.)
South transept exterior (c. 1310-30)
North choir exterior (c. 1280-1310)
North transept (c. 1310-30) with spires (1665, restored mid-20th c.)
Portail Royale tympanum & archivolt (c. 1250), north nave exterior
De Gramont buttress (1531-35), east side, north nave exterior
Tour Bey-Berland (1440-50) from north
Nave looking east (12th c.)
South nave wall (12th c.) with paintings
Lierne vaults at west end (1515); eastern bays (1st half 13th c., restored Danjay, 1852-58)
Nave lierne vault, bays 1 & 2, and organ at west end
Organ (Gonzales, 1982); buffet (18th c.); Renaissance tribune (1531)
'The Resurrection & Ascension of Christ,' bas relief from jubé (1540)
South transept rose window, 'Glorification of the Virgin;' tracery (14th c.); glass (19th c. with some from 16th c.)
North transept rose window, 'Passion of Christ;' tracery (Boachon, 1512, restored 1848 & 1935)
Crossing vault (c. 1310-30)
Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, windows (Villiet, 1860), north ambulatory
Choir (c. 1280-1310)
Bordeaux, St-Seurin
West porch (11th c.) masked by sham Romanesque façade (1831)
South porch portal with Last Judgment tympanum (c. 1200)
Nave looking east (11th-13th c.)
'Tree of Jesse' (19th c.), Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Rose
Boulogne-sur-Mer, St-Nicolas
Classical façade, upper levels (18th c.)
Organ at west end
Choir (altered 16th c.)
Bourbon-Lancy, St-Nazaire
West front (11th-12th c.)
Exterior from southeast (11th-12th c.)
Bourg-en-Bresse Cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation (begun 1505), Renaissance façade (1647-54)
Lierne vault in nave (1515-30)
'Crucifixion' window (1530), upper panels, Chapelle St-Crépin
Organ tribune & pillars at west end (1530-45)
Choir stalls, north side (c. 1530)
Bourg-en-Bresse, Église de Brou
Approaching St-Pierre de Brou (1506-32) from northwest
St-Pierre de Brou (1513-32), west front
West portal (closeup)
Nave, looking east
Tomb of Philibert of Savoy, center of choir
Retable, 'Seven Joys of the Virgin' (closeup)
Bourges, St-Bonnet
'Resurrection & Ascension' (Attr. Jean Lecuyer, 1551), 4th north chapel window
Braine, St-Yved
Exterior from northwest (1180-1216); west front (destroyed 1832 & rebuilt)
Southwest exterior (1180-1216)
North transept rose exterior (c. 1190)
Central tower from northwest (1180-1216)
Nave looking east (c. 1190)
West front portal tympanum (c. 1200) reset inside west end
Crossing tower from southeast (c. 1190)
North transept rose (c. 1190), glass (20th c.)
North choir with oblique chapels looking west to truncated nave (c. 1190)
Chevet hemicycle (c. 1190) with modern glass
Brioude, St-Julien
Bronze lion door knocker, south porch door (12th c.)
Nave looking east (late 12th-early 13th c.)
Pebble pavement floor (16th c.), north nave
Modern north window at crossing
Bordeaux, Ste-Croix
Romanesque west front porch (late 11th c.); south tower (early 12th c.)
West front portal archivolt (late 11th c.)
South tower and nave exterior (early 12th c.)
Chevet from east (12th c.)
Top of north tower from northeast (Abadie, 19th c.)
Bordeaux, Basilique St-Michel
Tour St-Michel (1472-86)
Exterior from southwest (1350-c. 1550)
East end chevet (14th-16th c.)
North transept (14th-16th c.) & Tour St-Michel (1472-86)
Nave looking east (14th-16th c.)
Chapelle St-Joseph (16th c.)
Flamboyant vault, Chapelle St-Joseph (16th c.)
Organ (Micot, 1774; Merklin, 1865; restored 2011); buffet (Cessy & Audebert, 1762-65)
East end choir clerestory windows (Max Ingrand, 20th c.)
Bordeaux, Notre-Dame
Baroque façade (Pierre Berquin & Sons, 1684-1707)
Frieze above entrance portal (late 17th c.)
Nave with Baroque recessed barrel vault (1684-1707)
High altar (1751) & frescoes from Life of Virgin (1834)
Boulogne-sur-Mer,
Basilique Notre-Dame
Basilica from northeast (1827-66)
Basilica dome from north (1827-66)
Nave & vault looking east (1827-66)
Dome of Rotunda Chapel with apostles (1827-66)
Le Boulou
Romanesque portal Nativity frieze (Master of Cabestany, 12th c.)
Romanesque capital (12th c.), right side of portal
Bourbon-l’Archambault, St-Georges
West front (2nd half 12th c.)
South exterior with nave (2nd half 12th c.); lateral chapel (15th c.); bell-tower (rebuilt 1865)
Nave looking east (2nd half 12th c.)
North nave musicians' capital (mid-12th c.)
Crossing dome (mid-12th c.)
Lady Chapel in south transept (rebuilt 19th c.); headless Virgin & Child (14th c.)
St-Sacrement chapel in north transept (rebuilt 19th c.)
Choir & apse (rebuilt 19th c.)
Bourges Cathedral
West front (13th-16th c.) from northwest
West front central portal, Last Judgment (1240-50)
West front central portal archivolt & tympanum, Last Judgment (1240-50)
Central portal tympanum, Last Judgment (1240-50)
Chevet (13th c.) from Archbishop's Garden
Nave (1195-1218), looking east
Nave vault (13th c.), looking east
South nave elevation (c. 1230)
Organ buffet (1663) resting on gallery (1599)
West rose (1392), lower panels (1450)
Copin Chapel (no. 1, 1518), south nave aisle
Tullier Chapel (no. 4, 1532), angel musicians on tympanum
Window I, Patriarch Joseph (1220), lower panels (detail)
Window IV, The Passion (1220), south ambulatory
Window VI, The New Alliance (1220), north ambulatory
Window IX, Invention of the Relics of St-Étienne (1220), north ambulatory
Window X, Lazarus and the Bad Rich Man (1220), north ambulatory
Chapel no. 7 (1220), south ambulatory
Jacques Coeur Chapel (no. 12, c. 1450), north ambulatory