...and inserted in the white ground of the wall, which was all covered with histories and battle-scenes sculptured in relief. Having at first admired these...entertained their fancy with the singularity of the sculptures, they ultimately pulled it to pieces and broke it up, in order to apply it to the same purpose...

...five days," reports Guichard, these knightsbuilders, " having laid bare a great space one afternoon, saw an opening as into a cellar. Taking a candle,...sculpture, they pulled it to pieces, and broke up ihe whole of it, applying it to the same -purpose as the rest. Besides this apartment, they found afterwards...

...with their bases, capitals, architrave, frieze, and cornices, engraved with sculptures in half-relief. Having at first admired these works, and entertained...of it, applying it to the same purpose as the rest" (Guichard (1581), quoted in Newton's Travels, ii. 126). Some slabs of the principal frieze were thus...

...harmony with the rest of the work, and inserted in the white ground of the walls, where battle scenes were represented sculptured in relief. Having at first...broke up the whole of it, applying it to the same purposes as the rest. Besides this apartment, they found afterwards a very low door, which led into...

....... The space between the columns was lined with slabs and marbles of different colors. . . . Having first admired these works, and entertained their fancy...broke up the whole of it, applying it to the same purposes as the rest." "Besides this apartment, they found afterward a very low door, which led into...