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Cathedral. BRUGES. 3. Route. 27
The *Inrgrior is remarkable for its fine proportions and its
many old treasures of art. It measures 334 ft. in length, 125 ft. in
breadth, and across the transept 174 ft., and is 82 ft. high. The
modern polychrome decoration is by Jean Bethune (1874); most of
the stained glass dates from the second half of the 19th cent. also.
On the West Watt, off which opens the churchwardens’ vestry
(p. 28), where the sacristan (p. 24) is to be found, are several large
put not very important paintings of the 17th cent., by Jacob van Oost
the Elder, G. Backereel, and Jan van den Hoecke.
Nort Aistx (left). At the entrance of the Baptistery, which
adjoins this aisle, near the transept, are two monumental *Brasses,
the one on the right dating from 1439, that on the left from 1518.
In the Baptistery (locked): to the right, a *Crucifixion, painted in
tempera and probably the earliest extant picture of the Bruges
School (before 1400); two wings from a picture by Fr. Pourbus the
Younger, representing the members of the shoemakers’ guild (1608);
handsome candelabrum of wrought iron (16th cent.); P. Pourbus,
Last Supper, with Abraham, Melchisedech, and Elijah on the wings ;
on the outside, the Mass of Gregory the Great, and thirteen *Por-
traits of Brothers of the Holy Sacrament (41559).
Sourn Atstz. To the left of the S. entrance door: Crucifixion,
Bearing of the Cross, and Pieta, a work of the Bruges School (ca. 1500 ;
covered), formerly attributed to Gerard van de Meire.
TRANSEPT. A heavy marble rood-loft, in the baroque style, con-
structed in 1679-82, separates the transept from the choir. The
statue of God the Father upon itis by A. Quellin the Younger (1682).
— Two chapels adjoin the transept. On the right is the Chapel of
St. Barbara, on the pillars in which are an altar-piece by Lancelot
Blondeel, the Madonna with SS. Luke and Bligius (1545), and a
small painted relief in carved wood (15th cent. ), the Consecration
of St. Eligius (Sacre de St. Eloi?); on the right is a small winged
picture, representing the Presentation in the Temple, with donors
and saints, by Adr. Ysenbrant, a pupil of Gerard David. The Chapel
of the Shoemakers’ Guild (Chapelle des Oordonniers), on the left,
contains fine wood-carving of the end of the 15th cent. and several
interesting brasses (on the left, *Walter Coopman, 1387, and
Martin de Visch, 1452; on the right, the learned Schelewaerts,
1483, and Burgomaster Adr. Bave with his wife and son, 1555).
Cuorr. High-altar-piece (1642), Resurrection by Janssens; Van
Oost, Peter and John. At the sides are two monuments of bishops,
both by Pulinex (18th cent.). The magnificent Gothic choir-stalls
date from the 15th cent.; the armorial bearings commemorate the
13th chapter of the Order 97f the Golden Fleece (‘Toison dW Or), founded
by Duke Philip the Good, which was held here in 1478.
AMBULATORY (beginning at the N. orleft transept). Van Oost,
The Saviour predicting his Passion to his Mother, and His last in-
terview with his Mother before the Passion. — ist Chapel: Hand- |
