[76] Histoire de l’Eglise Cathedrale de Rouen, p. 50.

[77] Noel, Essais sur le Departement de la Seine Inferieure, II. p. 239.

[78] Millin, Histoire Metallique de la Revolution Francaise, t. 22. f. 84.

[79] Histoire des Archeveques de Rouen, folio 1667.

[80] Anglo-Norman Antiquities, p. 12.

[81] Monumens de la Monarchie Francaise, II. t. 15. f. 3 and 5.

[82] As these effigies are in general little understood, even by those who look at them with pleasure as specimens of art, or with respect as relics of antiquity, I am happy to be able to give the following detailed illustration of this at Rouen, extracted from a letter which the Right Rev. Dr. Milner had lately the kindness to write me upon the subject.

“The sepulchral monument in the cathedral of Rouen represents a prelate; that is to say, Bishop or Mitred Abbot, as appears by his mitre, gloves, ring, and sandals.  But, as he bears the Pallium, (to be seen on his neck, just above his breast, and hanging down before him, almost to his feet) it appears that he is a Metropolitan, or Archbishop, as, indeed, each of the bishops of Rouen was, from the time of St. Ouen and St. Romanus, in the seventh century, if not from that of St. Nicasius, in the third or fourth.  The statue has been mutilated in the mitre, the face, and the crosier; probably when the Huguenots were masters of the city.  The mitre is low, as they used to be from the tenth century, when they began to rise at all in the Latin Church, down to the fourteenth, since which they have grown to their present disproportioned height.  The arms are crossed, as in prayer; and the left arm supported a crosier, the remnant of which is seen under that arm.  Both hands are wrapped up in ornamented gloves, which were an essential part of the prelatic dress.  The principal vestment is the Planeta, Casula, or Chausible; as it was shaped till within these three or four hundred years.  Underneath that, and behind the hanging Pallium, appears the Dalmatic, edged with gold lace; and under that, extending the whole breadth of the figure, and finishing with rich and deep thread lace, is the Alb, made of fine linen.  The Tunic is quite hidden by the dalmatic.  The Sandals appear to be of gold tissue, and to rest on a rich carpet.

“I ought to have mentioned, that the mitre appears, by the jewels with which it is ornamented, to represent that which is called Mitra pretiosa, from this circumstance.  An inferior kind of mitre, worn on less solemn occasions, was termed Mitra Aurifrygiata; and a common one, made of plain linen or silk, was termed Simplex Mitra.  The only part of the dress which puzzles me, is the great ornament on the neck and shoulders.  The question is, (which those can best determine who have seen the original statue,) whether