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Show A CATHEDRAL RESTORED . News fiom flom France that the magnificent magmflcent Rheims RheimsCathedlal RheimsCathediai RheimsCathedial Cathedlal Cathediai has been restoied restored res to 1 ed , , after the terrible damage It Itsuffel itsuffeied itsuffeied suffel suffeied ed during durmg the war , will be most pleasing pleasmg to every lover everylover of architectural beauty . Americanswill Americans .will will -will . - take es- es especial especial es especial - pecial pride in the fact that this restoration has been beenmade beenmade beenmade made ofJohn possible largely through the general donations of John D . Rockefeller , Jr . , of New York . . Rheims Rhelms Cathedral is one of the finest fmest specimens of ofGothic GOthIC architecture in 1n m the world , as well as one of the themost themost themost most histonc hiStOllC histoiic . It ; stands ctands on the site of a former church churchin In which Clovis , founder of the kingdom kmgdom of the Franks Frankswas , I was legendto baptized in the year 496 . There is a French legend , to the effect that a dove brought from frem heaven a sacred sacredvial sacredvial sacredvial vial of oil 011 for this baptism . The present cathedral was begun in 1212 and com com- completed completed . - pleted alterationshave about a centuly century later , but numerous alterations have been made from time to time . Here Joan of Arc Arccaused Arccaused Arccaused caused Chailes Challes VII to be clowned crowned in 1429 , and here the kings thekings of France were crowned for several centuries . Many of the elaborate sculptures whichadorn which adorn the thecathedlal thecathedral thecathedial cathedlal cathedral bombardmentduring bombardmentdurmg were destroyed or damaged by bombardment durmg during the war , but fortunately photographs and casts castsexisted castsexisted f castsf existed masterpieces.So masterpiecesSo to enable artists to copy the lost masterpieces . So , once ence again agam Rheims Rhelms Cathedral stands forth in its itsprIstme itspristine itspristine prIstme pristine glory and transcendent beauty . |
