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Basilica Cathedral of Saint Denis, Crypt
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Basilica Cathedral of Saint Denis. Abbot Suger's Chevet, imperfectly stitched
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A Prof could really come to like this town
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Door.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Door. Mouth.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Door. Hellmouth.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Queen. Entrails.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Getting Gothic.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Believe this is the tomb of Philippe, Comte de Vertus (d. 1420), who preferred ferrets to dogs.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Berthe, Pepin the Short's wife. One of many, many 13th-century funerary statues. You may be a medievalist if know why I shot Berthe from this angle.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. An older layer, deep in the crypt. Thinking this may have been Denis's burial site, with various potentates buried around him to draw from his power and protection.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Sly Prof.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Denis loses head.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. 12th-century faceless king.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. St Eustache has a bad day.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. A subdued memorial to Louis XVI and Marie Antionette.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Suitably smirky tomb sculpture for, I think, Henri IV.
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St Denis, graffiti, Jacques Desmolyns 1599
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. "About suffering they were never wrong.." whereas others were just really, really fond of dogs.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. "About suffering they were never wrong.." whereas others were just really, really fond of dogs.
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St Denis head, somewhat like...Mr Whipple.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. "Hutin" means "quarreler"
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St Denis, more 13th c. funerary art.
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St Denis Basilica Cathedral.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Heart of Louis XVII.
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. Who else could this be but Henri IV? Cf. http://www.flickr.com/photos/medievalkarl/6843450279/in/photostream
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St Denis Basilica Cathedral, monks holding hands
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Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis. A helpful chart.
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At Saint-Denis
