r, 52, ii. 49.
Albofleda, sister of Clovis, 51. ii. 48.
Alemannia (Germany) 34. ii. 19.
Alexander III. and Barbarossa, 111. iv. 35.
Alfred, King, of England, religious feeling under, 21.
Algeria, 63. iii. 13.
Alphabet, the, and Moesia, 68. iii. 22.
Alps, the, and climbing, 72. iii. 29.
Amiens. (1) History; (2) Town; (3) Cathedral.
(1) _History of_:--
early people of, and Roman gods, 4.
taken by the Franks under Clodion, 445 A.D., 7.
manufactures of, early, 2, 3.
" swords, 124. iv. 43.
" woollen, 118, 120. iv. 41.
religion, and Christianity:--
the Beau Christ d'Amiens, 90, 111. iv. 3, 36.
S. Firmin the first to preach there, 300 A.D., 5.
the first bishopric of France, 6.
the first church there, 350 A.D., 5, 6; 99. iv. 14.
under S. Geoffroy, 1104-50 A.D., 128-9. iv. 45.
(2) _The Town_:--
country round, 2.
highest land near, 14.
manufactory chimneys, 3.
railway station, 1, 3.
Roman gate near, 15.
S. Acheul, chimney of, 6, 14.
streams and rivers of, 1.
the "Venice of France," 1.
(3) _The Cathedral_:--
(a) History,--
books on, 93 n. iv. 1. 2. n.
building of, 89. iv. 1. 2.
" by whom? 97-8, iv. 12.
completion of, rhyme on the, 99. sq. iv. 12.
history of successive churches on its site, 99. iv. 14.
(b) General aspect of,--
as compared with other cathedrals, 88. iv. 1.
the consummation of Frankish character, 46. ii. 38.
the "Parthenon of Gothic architecture," 88. iv. 1.
(c) Detailed examination of,--
approaches to, which best, 92. sq. iv. 6.
apse, the, its height, 96. iv. 9
" the first perfect piece of Northern architecture, 97.
iv. 11.
choir, the, and wood-carving, 91 & n. iv. 5 & n.
facade, 108 sq. iv. 28 sq.
" the central porch,
" " apostles of, 108. iv. 29.
" " Christ-Immanuel, David, 108. iv. 28.
" " prophets of, 108. iv. 29.
" the northern porch (S. Firmin), 127 sq. iv. 44.
" the southern porch (Madonna), 131 sq. iv. 48.
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