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Oculus
A round window in the church of Saint-Medard, Paris - just off Rue Mouffetard with its utterly tempting food shops.
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Saint-Etienne du Mont
This is the most amazing church; it's in such bad taste - next to the classical purity and austerity...
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Saint-Etienne du Mont
Another feature of Saint-Etienne that I adore is the Renaissance stained glass. What wonderful rich...
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Saint-Etienne du Mont
Winter sunlight late in the afternoon makes the stone glow golden, creamy like the best Cotswold stone. I wonder where it was quarried?
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Saint-Etienne du Mont
The rood screen is Renaissance work - twisting its way round the crossing pillars like a mad reticulated snake.
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Saint-Etienne du Mont
More stained glass. The most amazing colours in this window, which I think shows the Mystic Wine Press - buckets of blood!
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Saint-Etienne du Mont
St Jerome and his lion, on the pulpit, with what appears to be a self-supported bagpipe floating...
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Saint-Etienne du Mont
Saint-Etienne du Mont
The crossing features, if you look carefully, a lamb of God on the central pendant, and the names of the four evangelists inscribed in roundels.
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