North transept, Cathedral Saint-Samson, Dol-de-Bretagne

North transept, with the tomb of Thomas James, bishop of Dol 1482-1504, and his 2 nephews, made 1507, by Antoine Juste, 1479-1519, and his brother Jean-Juste, 1485-1549, in Renaissance style, in the Cathedral Saint-Samson, begun in the 13th century on the site of an older church and completed in the 18th century, in Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany, France. Above is a stained glass window depicting the life of St Anne, made by the workshop of Jacquier and Kuchelbecker in the 19th century. The cathedral is dedicated to one of the founding saints of Brittany and until 1801 was the seat of the archbishopric of Dol. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13440478

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45132958

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7130px x 8705px (35.2MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen