Modern Hagiography
Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.
Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.
Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus Liguori.
Medieval Hagiography
The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database
Art & Architecture
Catalogo generale dei beni culturali
Cathedral of St. Mariano and Giacomo in Gubbio (see also and also)
Previous Region: Lorraine
Google Map (in progress)
See the Pinchon map of the Île de France and of the département of the Seine.
Chapter CXII – The boys and their uncle enjoy the streets of Paris.
Chapter CXIII – They visit the old market of Les Halles.
Videos on Les Halles: Les Halles, mémoires du ventre de Paris & 1969 : Le dernier marché aux Halles de Paris from Archive INA.
Chapter CXIV – They visit Île de la Cité and the cathedral of Notre-Dame
Video: Notre-Dame-de-Paris – Région Ile de France – Le Monument Préféré des Français from Le Pays préféré des Français.
Chapter CXV – They visit the Hôtel-Dieu of Paris, pass by Sainte-Chapelle, the Palais de Justice, then by the schools of higher education and libraries.
Video: Sainte-Chapelle, Paris from Smarthistory; Tendances – Architecture : la bibliothèque Richelieu restaurée from Télé Matin.
Chapter CXVI – They visit the Jardin des Plantes.
Video: Le jardin des Plantes, une oasis au cœur de Paris from Météo à la carte
Chapter CXVII – The visit to the Jardin des Plantes continues.
Chapter CXVIII – The boys pass by the Louvre and the Palais de l’Élysée.
Video: Le musée du Louvre – Région Ile de France – Le Monument Préféré des Français from Le Pays préféré des Français & Le palais de l’Élysée, sous les ors de la République from France 24.
Chapter CXIX – The boys leave Paris and stop in Versailles for a few hours. Julien then reads about Jean Racine, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, and Antoine Lavoisier.
Videos: Versailles from Echappées belles & Le château de Versailles – Région Ile de France – Le Monument Préféré des Français from Le Pays préféré des Français.
General Videos on Paris: Week-end autour de Paris, Rencontres en capitale, Paris, Une nuit à Paris, all from Échappées belles.
General Videos on Il-de-France: Autour de Paris & L’Île de France, de village en village from Echappées belles
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Longfellow’s Poems of Places
Argenteuil in Seine
Eloïsa to Abelard by Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
Boncourt in Aisne
Château Boncourt by Ludolf Adalbert von Chamisso (1781–1838)
Bourg-la-Reine
Bourg-la-Reine by Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829–1925)
Charming Gabrielle by Henri IV (1553–1610)
Modern Hagiography
Roman Martyrology (17 May)
Sanctorale Catholicum (17 May)
Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. (17 May)
Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.
Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints by Auguste François Lecanu.
Medieval Hagiography
BHL, Supplement (17 May)
Acta Sanctorum (17 May)
The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity Database
Art & Architecture
Catalogo generale dei beni culturali
4723 – Vanni T. (1397), Tavola dipinta della Madonna con Bambino e santi
Sacred and Legendary Art volume II by Mrs. Jameson.
A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.
The Saints in Art with Their Attributes and Symbols, Alphabetically Arranged by Margaret E. Tabor.
Saints and their Symbols: A Companion in the Churches and Picture Galleries of Europe by E. A. Greene.
The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.
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