The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-08-28

OF the fdiaces
furniture, which has wholly disap-
peared. Nothing but the solidity and
imposing strength of its exterior walls
remain to hint at what Froissart 20
much admired.
The old pontifcal chapel of John
XXI, enlarged by Benedict XII
and since restored, Is now the reposi-
tory Of the archives of the province
and forms the extreme northern line
Of buildings between the Tour de
Trouillas at the northeastern corner
and the Tour de la Campane at the
northwest. Benedict's work was built
above the older structure, originally
the parish church Of st. Stephen, by
Pierre Poisson Of Mirepoix In 1896.
For some time 1t was turned to the
base uses of a common gaol, and It
vas Revolt who designed Its present
barrel-va ult at a height from the
ground which is equivalent to that Of
the two original buildings one above
the other. Their f~rescoes by Pierre
du Puy have all disappeared; but We
know that his workmen were paid four
shlllings a day Of our money, while he
had nearly 20; and that their colors
were white, green. sky blue. indigo
blue, vcrmilion. saffron, and SO forth.
laid Cd with white OF egg, with olive
oil and linseed oil. and garnished with
fine god. In 1895 Benedict XII finished
the thing Of the floors, and some re
mains Of them are preserved In the
Musee Calvet in the town. This chapel
was NIT used for more than 80 years,
and vas gravely damaged by fire in
1892. Its place was taken by the far
more iplendid building Of Clement vi
on tn south side of the main court
yard
Tour Des Angea.
ReSurrlng to the courtyard we ind
In TIC Tour des Anges, at the angle of
the EASTERN wall. one OF the best pre-
sers4d of ali Benedict's buildings. 1t
var originally entered from the in
terIrr OF the palace only, and the steep
sloTe OF the rock outside enabled the
arcaiteSt to build two more stories
the,e than are visible from the court
yarH. 1t forms a building 46h meters
hirl IN the plan of q perfect square,
win n strong buttress pillar at each
af,gle and walls more than ten feet
trvck ard nearly 60 feet long. Its
cellars contained the pope's private
sN,ck of wine. Above the wine cellar
v1s the lower treasury. with Its four
printed vaults resting on a central
SIlar without base or capital, all
..rcngly guarded by huge locks and
>oTbound doors.
Immediately above this was Bene-
sict Kills bedroom, which was used
~ Clement VII in 1879, and called the
Chamber Of the Flying Stag" from
one of the many frescoes still discover
able beneath multitudinous layers Of
military whitewash. Two windows
with stone seats In their embrasures
look out over the entrance court, and
by a third you see across the valley
Of the Rhone to the blue shadows of
the distant Alps. Several of the secret
stairways, carved In the thickness Of
the walls. by which the Pope reached
various parts Of his palace, can still
be clearly traced. Above his holiness
was a library filed with precious
manuscripts, and higher still is q
larger apartment from which soldiers
could defend the whole tower against
attack. called the chatelet. This tow
er, the work Of Pierre Poisson, may
be taken as typical of the rest, and
was two years In the building from
April %, 1885. The roof was paid for
on March IS, 1887.
On the left Of the spectator, and
continuing the east wing Of the court
yard toward the north. are the other
private apartments Of the Pope, de-
signed by Bernard Canelle Of Mar
bonnie. The appalling reconstructions
necessitated by the barracks have al
most entirely destroyed the original
conception. but the minute details re
corded In the Vatican are more than
sufficient to replace Canelle's design
In good time. This comprised the
Pope's private kitchen and wardrobe,
his dining room, his study and his ora
tory. Behind II. and In the angle OF
the Tour des Anges. is the little Tour
des Etuves, where his holiness tool
his bath, above the chamberIain's coun
eli room