French Cathedrals & Churches
Paris, 5th Arrondissement
Photography of French Cathedrals and Churches by Peter Mathews and Eric Jump.
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St-Étienne-du-Mont
West front (1610-26), transition from Gothic to Renaissance
Belfry tower from west (1492-1628)
West front rose window (1610-26)
Tympanum above central portal, 'The Stoning' (1610-26)
Nave looking east (1545-86)
The organ (Jean Buron, 1631-32)
Vault at crossing (1582-86)
Rood screen (Philibert de l'Orme, 1525-35)
Noah's Ark, upper panels (1605-09)
The Faithful, middle panels (1605-09)
The Mystic Winepress (1605-09)
The Mystic Winepress, 3rd center panel (1605-09)
The Offering of Melchisedek (1605-09)
Visit of Three Angels to Abraham (1605-09)
Copper gilt shrine of Ste-Geneviève (1853)
Ste-Geneviève Chapel window
Notre-Dame-du-Liban
Interior looking east (1894-1915)
Panthéon (formerly Ste-Geneviève)
Panthéon dome (Soufflot, completed 1789), pediment (David d'Angers)
Porch vault (Soufflot, 1764-90)
Nave looking east (1764-90)
Southwest transept vault (1764-90)
Choir at east end (1764-90)
Val-de-Grâce
West front & dome (1645-67)
West front (1645-67)
Interior looking east (1645-67)
Top of baldacchino (1645-67)
Vault looking east (1645-67)
St-Matthieu, northeast medallion under dome (1645-67)
Dome, 'La Gloire des Bienheureux' (Pierre Mignard, 1663)
St-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas
Classical west front (directions reversed) (1630-84)
Nave looking east (directions reversed) (1675-84)
Nave looking west (directions reversed) (1675-84)
Organ buffet (1609) from St-Benoît-le-Bétourné
North transept window (17th c.)
St-Julien-le-Pauvre
North exterior (1170-1230)
Nave (12th c.) & choir (13th c.) looking east
North nave elevation (12th-13th c.), transition from Romanesque to Gothic
Wrought-iron lutrin
South choir capital (13th c.)
St-Médard
North choir elevation (1560-86)
St-Michel window in north ambulatory
St-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet
Église (reconstructed in Classical style, 1656-1763); clocher (1625); west façade (Halley, 1937)
North transept portal (Legendre, 1669)
Classical choir & east end exterior (mid-17th c.) from northeast
South nave elevation & choir (1656-1763)
Romanian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels
Tympanum mosaic (Guilbert Martin, 1926)
St-Séverin
Panorama of west front (13th & 15th c.)
East end exterior (15th c.)
Nave looking east (13th & 15th c.)
'Jesus blesses the children' (Hirsch, 1877), end of southwest nave aisle
Nave looking west (13th & 15th c.)
Organ buffet (Fichon, 1745) at west end
'Tree of Jesse' (1500), west end upper window
Nave clerestory (late 14th & 15th c.)
Choir (15th c.)
Ambulatory 'palm' columns (late 15th c.), windows (Bazaine, 1964-70)
Choir clerestory windows (Master of Coëtivy, 1489-95); lower windows (Hirsch, 19th c.)
'Crucifixion' window (15th c.), south choir
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