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Historical Archive: Church of St. Séverin
(St. Severinus), Paris

west façade, north side, first third of 13th century
western portal 13th c., moved from Saint-Pierre-aux-Beoufs (Paris, Cité, destroyed 1837), gable and pinnacles 19th c.
north tower c. 1250, upper part 15th c. (completed 1487)
interior largely mid 14th century; stained glass of nave mostly 15th c., restored 1870s
chevet 1489-95; side chapels 1498-1540

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view from southwest
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closer view from southwest
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west façade, north part and northwest tower
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upper west façade, window c.1500
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upper west façade, window c.1500
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west façade from west/southwest
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lower west façade, center, first third 13th c. with 13th c. portal from Saint-Pierre-aux-Beoufs
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lower west façade, center and south side
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lower west façade, north and center, c.1200-1230
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northwest tower with north portal
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north flank from east/northeast
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chevet from northeast
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chevet from northeast, closer view
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ambulatory from east
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structure with charnel enclosures from southeast, 1489-95, partly rebuilt 1920s
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nave from west
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nave from west/southwest
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nave elevation from northwest: round pier 1st third of 13th c., compound piers 2nd half 15th c.
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nave gallery, western end
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nave gallery, eastern end, showing buttresses
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nave from southeast ambulatory
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north inner aisle from west
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north outer aisle from west
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side chapel, 1498-1540
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side chapel, 1498-1540; 19th c. window: St. François de Sales
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apse; arcade with 1681 marble revetment (Jean-Baptiste Tuby, on Charles LeBrun design)
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ambulatory from east/southeast
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ambulatory and south inner aisle from east
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outer and inner ambulatory from northeast
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ambulatory with twisted pier and Charles Bazaine windows 1966
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ambulatory vaults with twisted pier
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aisle/ambulatory vaults with Joachim and Anna keystone
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keystone in south aisle, late 15th c.: Joachim and Anna
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keystone in south aisle, late 15th c.: Joachim and Anna
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keystone in south aisle, late 15th c.: Annunciation
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"Our Lady of the Exams"
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grave marker of Nicolas de Bonont and his wife and 15 children with Crucifixion, 1547
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Circumcision, 17th-c. marble relief in aisle