Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-09-24

OF the Palace.
furniture, which has wholly disap'
peared. Nothing but the solidity and
imposing strength of its exterior walls
remain to hint at what FrOissart SO
much admired.
The old pontifcal chapel of John
XXI, enlarged by Benedict MI
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 1885.
For some time it was turned to the
base uses of common gael, and it
was Revolt who designed its present
barrel-vault at a height from the
ground which is equivalent to that of
the two original buildings one above
the other. Their frescoes by Pierre
du Puy have all disappeared; but we
know that his workmen were paid four
shillings day Of our no9ey, while he
had nearly 20; and that thcir colors
were white, green, sky blue, indigo
blue, vermilion, saffron, and so forth,
Laid on with white OF egg, with olive
oil and linseed Oil, and garnished with
fine gold. In 1886 Benedict XII finished
the tiling Of the floors, and some re-
mains Of them are preserved in the
Musee Caivet in the town. This chapel
was not used for more than 80 years,
and was gravely damaged by fire in
1892. Its place was taken by the far
more splendid building Of Clement vi
on the south side Of the main couJt.
yard.
Tour Des Anges.
Returning to the courtyard we find
in the Tour des Anges, at the angle Of
the eastern wall, one of the best pre-
served of ali Benedict's buildings. It
was originali% entered from the in
terror of the place only, and the steep
slope Of the ru,'S outside enabled the
architect to bu | two more stories
there than are " ble from the court
yard. 1t forms a | ldiDg 461h meters
high On the plan 0, y perfect square,
with q strong buttr,&:s pillar at each
angle and walls more than ten feet
thick and nearly so feet long. It's
cellars contained the pope's private
stock Of wine. Above the wine cellar
was the lower treasury, with it's four
pointed vaults resting on central
pillar without base or ca,1ital, all
strongly guarded by huge lc,'!1s and
ironbound doors.
Immediately above this was ;'one-
dict XiI's bedroom, which was A::cd
by Clement VII in 1879, and called tie
"Chambcr Of the Flying Stag" frol.s
able beneath multitudinous layers Of
military whitewash. Two windows
with stone seats in their embrcsures
look out over the entrance court, and
by third you see across the valley
Of the Rhone to the blue shadows Of
the distant Alps. Several of the secret
stairways, carved il 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 filled with precious
manuscripts, and higher still is
larger apartment from which soldiers
coulG 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
bonne. 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 Calelle's design
in good time. This comprised the
Pope's private kitchen and wardrobe,
his dining room, his study and his ora
tory. Eehind it, and in the angle Of
the Tour lies Anges, is the little Tour
des TT yes, where his holiness took