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ACCOUNT OF A TOUR IN NORMANDY Volume II by Dawson Turner
LETTERS FROM NORMANDY,
ADDRESSED TO THE REV. JAMES LAYTON, B.A. OF CATFIELD, NORFOLK.
UNDERTAKEN CHIEFLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF THE DUCHY, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON ITS HISTORY, ON THE COUNTRY, AND ON ITS INHABITANTS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.
CONTENTS.
LETTER XIV.
Ducler--St. Georges de Bocherville--M. Langlois
LETTER XV.
Abbey of Jumieges--Its History--Architectural Details--Tombs of Agnes Sorel and of the Enervez
LETTER XVI.
Gournay--Castle of Neufmarche--Castle and Church of Gisors
LETTER XVII.
Andelys--Fountain of Saint Clotilda--La Grande Maison--Chateau Gaillard--Ecouis
LETTER XVIII.
Evreux--Cathedral--Abbey of St. Taurinus--Ancient History
LETTER XIX.
Vicinity of Evreux--Chateau de Navarre--Cocherel--Pont-Audemer-- Montfort-sur-Risle--Harfleur--Bourg-Achard--French Wedding
LETTER XX.
Moulineaux--Castle of Robert the Devil--Bourg-Theroude--Abbey of Bec--Brionne
LETTER XXI.
Bernay--Broglie--Orbec--Lisieux--Cathedral--Ecclesiastical History
LETTER XXII.
Site and Ruins of the Capital of the Lexovii--History of Lisieux--Monasteries of the Diocese--Ordericus Vitalis--M. Dubois--Letter from the Princess Borghese
LETTER XXIII.
French Police--Ride from Lisieux to Caen--Cider--General Appearance and Trade of Caen--English resident there
LETTER XXIV.
Historians of Caen--Towers and Fortifications--Chateau de la Gendarmerie--Castle--Churches of St. Stephen, St. Nicholas, St. Peter, St. John, and St. Michel de Vaucelles
LETTER XXV.
Royal Abbeys of the Holy Trinity and St. Stephen--Funeral of the Conqueror, Exhumation of his Remains, and Destruction of his Monument
LETTER XXVI.
Palace of the Conqueror--Heraldic Tiles--Portraits of William and Matilda--Museum--Public Library--University--Academy--Eminent Men--History of Caen
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Turner
- 2: At CaenPlate 42 Monastery of St
- 3: Ducler also boasted of a convent 1
- 4: Now existing in Upper Normandy
- 5: Both the transepts are divided within the church
- 6: Which was built towards the end of the twelfth century
- 7: From among the charters granted by the Tancarville family
- 8: Et post mortem Willelmi capellani sui de Sancto Flocello
- 9: And sometimes with a plectrum
- 10: And the territory extending from Ducler to Caudebec
- 11: They levelled Jumieges with the ground 14
- 12: The inmates of Jumieges continued
- 13: The central tower was also found to need reparation
- 14: Above these windows both become octagon
- 15: Which is now employing itself in the ruins of Jumieges
- 16: For this is the meaning of the word enervez
- 17: And that the wine called vin de Conihoult
- 18: Gournay castle of neufmarche castle and church of gisors
- 19: Philip encamped before Gournay
- 20: REX ubi GORNACUM sic in sua jura redegit
- 21: Resembles the remains of Launceston
- 22: Philip embellished Gisors with new buildings
- 23: The castle consists of a double ballium
- 24: Plures catervatim ruebant ad susceptionem crucis
- 25: To commemorate his public entry into Gisors
- 26: And divided by a mullion and transom
- 27: Has been remarkably verified in the case of Poussin
- 28: Duplicibus muris extrema clausit
- 29: Encamped before Chateau Gaillard
- 30: Found an asylum in Chateau Gaillard
- 31: Cum pauca essent in regione Anglorum monasteria
- 32: Evreux cathedral abbey of st
- 33: Evreux had been fortified against heresy
- 34: I add a sketch of a Gothic puteal
- 35: Is the Mediolanum Aulercorum of Ptolemy
- 36: Qui modo fratrem Prodiderat
- 37: About twenty miles south of Evreux
- 38: Cui Praesul et Clerus serviebant
- 39: Hospitiumque in domo Lucii suscepit
- 40: Who have written upon Evreux or its honors
- 41: We were unable to direct our course to Cocherel
- 42: As well as the name of Pont Audemer
- 43: There is another church in Honfleur
- 44: Bourg Achard was the seat of an abbey
- 45: While they knelt before the altar
- 46: The east end of the church at Moulineaux is semi circular
- 47: The name of Turold occurs upon the Bayeux tapestry
- 48: Hellouin was obliged to counterfeit madness
- 49: Bec increased rapidly in celebrity
- 50: Non tam divitiis quam fidei meritis
- 51: Stood formerly the castle of the Earls of Brionne
- 52: Sur une ancienne tapisserie de l'Eglise de Baieux
- 53: Verumetiam in praesenti seculo
- 54: Bernay was once celebrated for its abbey
- 55: At less than a mile from Bernay
- 56: The former residence of the Seigneurs of Broglie
- 57: Of making the Touques navigable to Lisieux
- 58: Each tier contains two windows
- 59: These have been engraved by Willemin
- 60: All these were bishops of Lisieux
- 61: Praesul consignatum manu sua scriptum tradidit
- 62: Among the remains of Neomagus Lexoviorum
- 63: Another council was also assembled at Lisieux
- 64: Cormeilles was founded by William Fitz Osborne
- 65: Evroul made a transcript of it
- 66: Et la belle tasse dont elle a daigne
- 67: The name by which he always calls Lisieux
- 68: Ut vice sit vini multo confecta labore
- 69: Siceraeque potatrix Algia tumentis
- 70: Owing to the repeated ramifications of the Odon
- 71: De Bourgueville was a magistrate of Caen
- 72: The town is styled Cadomus or Cadomum
- 73: May also be intended for a representation of Machart himself
- 74: When the walls of Caen were perfect
- 75: Ornamented with the chevron moulding
- 76: Excepting two Norman buttresses
- 77: Eight crocketed pinnacles are added to the spire
- 78: At Caen The neighboring church of St
- 79: Huet has an extraordinary observation
- 80: Remarked by Ducarel at Bourg Achard
- 81: Separated by intervening flat buttresses
- 82: I add the fac simile of a seal
- 83: From all episcopal jurisdiction
- 84: At Caen The monastic buildings now serve for what
- 85: The latter are square pilasters
- 86: Bishops and nobles united in their entreaties to Asselin
- 87: In which state De Bourgueville saw it a few years afterwards
- 88: Qui tot hactenus et superfluis opibus nimis abundavit
- 89: Attended by the Bishop of Bayeux
- 90: But Ducarel obtained an original drawing of it
- 91: Common tradition assigns the tiles to higher date
- 92: They are engraved by Montfaucon 81
- 93: Among much curious information relative to Caen
- 94: But there is an elegance in the Latinity of Baudius
- 95: But the Caen specimen is the most interesting of any
- 96: Our countrymen kept undisturbed possession of Caen
- 97: That Vieux originally denoted a ford
- 98: Is the village of Bretteville l'Orgueilleuse
- 99: For this purpose misletoe is almost always selected
- 100: With the legend HBAJOCAS CIVITAS
- 101: Bayeux enjoyed a temporary tranquillity
- 102: Who was himself a canon of Bayeux
- 103: Who had previously treated of the Bayeux tapestry
- 104: Bonaparte returned the tapestry to the municipality
- 105: Is a cippus of variegated marble
- 106: Exuperius lived in the third century
- 107: The troops of Henry Ist destroyed Bayeux with fire
- 108: The arches above them are Norman
- 109: Each spandril contains an angel
- 110: The epitaph simply commemorated John Patye
- 111: Regnobert was in after times stolen by the Huguenots
- 112: Than he rewarded Odo with the earldom of Kent
- 113: Which was the property of Sir Thomas Wotton
- 114: The barony of Creully was erected by Henry Ist
- 115: That Duke Robert first saw the beautiful Arlette
- 116: Known by the name of Mont Mirat
- 117: Held Falaise for Eustace of Boulogne
- 118: Instigated by the Count de Brissac
- 119: The fortifications of Falaise have suffered materially
- 120: Is held in the suburbs of Guibray
- 121: Footnote 95 Recherches Historiques sur Falaise
- 122: Is the Colline des deux amans
- 123: And the town of Pont de l'Arche
- 124: Throughout the vicinity of Louviers
- 125: From Louviers our next stage was Gaillon
- 126: Made Gaillon a frontier town of the duchy
- 127: Footnote 97 Antiquites Nationales
- 128: And of an ancient font at Magneville
- 129: Which belonged to a Dame de Mathan
- 130: The country about La Delivrande is flat
- 131: And upon the font at Magneville
- 132: Seen from the road leading to La Delivrande
- 133: Place of interview between Henry IInd
- 134: His opinion of the Bayeux tapestry
- 135: Formerly cultivated at Jumieges