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St. Pierre's. LOUVAIN. 24. Route. 241
of De Craycr (now at Nancy), representing San Carlo Borromeo admin-
i the Sacrament to persons sick of the plague. Monument to
hman Stapleton (d. 1694), professor at the university. — The 2nd
Chapel (that of the A:moure contains a carved and painted draped
image of Christ ({4th cent.), highly venerated in consequen ce of the legend
that it once caught a thief who had sacrilegiously entered the church
(a similar i e stands by a pillar near the Qnd chapel on the N. side).
The raili adorned with small armour and cannon. — The choir is
separa from the nave by an elaborate Jubé, or Rood Loft, in the late-
Guthic style, executed in 41488, consisting of three arches adorned with
siatuéttes of the Apostles, John the Baptist, etc., and surmounted by a
crucifix.
Ampciatory. ist Chapel (to the $.): on the right, the beautiful li(tle
Renaissance tombstone of Ad. van Baussele (d. 1559). — In the 4th Chapel
(behind the high-altar) are five indifferent paintings by P. J. Verhaghen,
depicting the life and death of the Blessed Margaret of Louyain (18th cent. )y
the patron domestic servants, — In the adjoining chapel
right are relics of th nt, and two painti by J. van Rillaert the EB
representing St. Michae), and a Scene from the legend of St. Cornelius. —
2], with a handsome wrought-iron screen of 1878: Descent from
the Cr by Roger van der Weyd
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(4), a winged picture on a golden
ground, with the donors at the sid bearing the doubtful date 1443, but
probably a late and cena d repetition of a picture in the Escorial (coy-
to the left and right, J. van Rillaert the Elder, Martyrdom of
St. Catharine and Beheading of John the Baptist. The came chapel con-
tains the tombstone of Henry I., Duke of Brabant (d. 1235), the founder
of the church. — 6th Chapel: Handsome marble balustrade (communion
table) by A. van Papenhoven of Antwerp (1709), representing Children
playing, Baptism, Confession, and Communion. — On the right, Dierick
Bouts, “Last Supper, the ar s masterpiece, painted about 1467 and in
admirable preservation (covered). This is the central picture of an ex-
i tar-piece, the wings of which (photographs at the entrance to
2}) are in the museum at Berlin (Feast of the Passover, Elijah
ilderness) and in the Pinakothek at Munich (Abraham and
ch, Gathering of manna). The s)mbolical charac ter of the
ourse, not {raceable in the central piece alone. One
pelea at individualication by making
the complexions jmilar. Adjoining on the left, Dierick
Bouts, *Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, a patnfel subject; in the background
the Emperor, richly attired, with three attendants; the scene is represent-
ed in a carefully-execated landscape with blue mountains in the distance;
on the wings, St. Bernard on the left and St. Anthony on the right (coy-
ered). — Opposite the 7th Chapel rises a beautiful Gothic Tabernacle
(AO ft. in height), by M. De Layens (p. 240), cuted in stone in 1450. —
In the recess at the end of the ambulatory is the double tomb of Matilda
of Flande« ife of Henry I. (see above), and of her daughter (1260?).
The pr contai a richly carved organ of 1556, the tomb of
Fr. van Rat 365; left), Rector of t i y, and a gilded wooden
statue of the Virgin and Child, of 1440 (r The last is known as ‘Sedes
Sapientie’; doctors of the ology lay their confessions of faith before it.
The Gothic Chapter House (15th cent.) is not shown to visitors.
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In the Rue de Namur (Naamsche Straat), behind the Hétel de
Ville, remain a few interesting old buildings. To the right are
the handsome Gothic Halles, 245 ft. long and 50 ft. wide, erected
a warehouse for the Clothmakers’ Guild (comp. p. 239) in 1317,
and made over to the University (Pl. B, 0, 3) in 14382. The upper
story was added in 1680. The interior (entered from the Zeelstraat
or Rue des Cordes on the N. side) is disfigured by alterations and
additions, but the arches and pillars of the hall on the groundfloor
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