"
[55] See _Gallia Christiana_, XI. p. 12.
[56] A minute and very curious account of the whole of this ceremony,
from the first claiming of the prisoner to his final deliverance, is
given in _Tuillepied's Antiquites de Rouen_, p. 79.
[57] _Noel, Essais sur le Departement de la Seine Inferieure_, II. p.
228.
[58] _Antiquites Nationales_, II. No. 21 p. 3
[59] _Millin, Antiquites Nationales_, II. No. 20. p. 3.
[60] _Noel, Essais sur le Departement de la Seine Inferieure_, II. p.
209
[61] _Farin, Histoire de Rouen_, V. p. 113.
[62] _Essais sur le Departement de la Seine Inferieure_, II. p. 210.
LETTER IX.
ANCIENT ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE--CHURCHES OF ST. PAUL AND ST.
GERVAIS--HOSPITAL OF ST. JULIEN--CHURCHES OF LERY, PAVILLY, AND
YAINVILLE.
(_Rouen, June_, 1818.)
We, _East Angles_, are accustomed to admire the remains of Norman
architecture, which, in our counties, are perhaps more numerous and
singular than in any other tract in England. The noble castle of
Blanchefleur still honors our provincial metropolis, and although
devouring eld hath impaired her charms and converted her into a very
dusky beauty, the fretted walls still possess an air of antique
magnificence which we seek in vain when we contemplate the towers of
Julius or the frowning dungeons of Gundulph.
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