The line of the capitals of the vault, and also the line of the
capitals of the six windows on either side of the navej is in-
tentionally retained in the vaulting of the little eastern recess,
which is planned as it were for two figures of saints or something
of that kind, though there is nothing there, and so one detached
shaft of very graceful design stands out in the centre just behind
the high altar itself. This quite uncommon arrangement of the
east end has attracted the attention of architects and antiquaries
in various ages. The result is beautiful, but the reason of it not
obvious. It is of course impossible to place the altar against
the east wall. This chapel is not large, but quite spacious
enough to accommodate the hundred students who are now
accustomed to attend there for the celebration of divine service.
- The rest of the thirteenth-century hospital having been
destroyed, Bishop Francis de Nesmond moved the Seminary
founded by Gilles Buhot to the site of the Priory of the Hotel
Dieu, and refounded the same on a larger scale in 1693. This



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bishop's heart was buried in the sanctuary of the chapel. The
original fifteenth-century edifice of Gilles Buhot may still be
found intact at the end of the Rue Tranche. During the dis-




PLAN OF THE EASTERN END OF THE CHAPEL OF THE SEMINARY.
