Four-hundred-year-old paintings hung high inside Notre-Dame were damaged by the ...
PARIS - Four-hundred-year-old paintings hung high inside Notre-Dame were damaged by the immense fire that engulfed the Paris cathedral, but emergency workers formed a human chain to whisk gem-studded chalices and other priceless artefacts out of harm’s way.
Among the most cherished articles to make it out unscathed was the “Sainte Couronne” , made of braided reed brought to France from Constantinople in the 12th century. Though lacking its original thorns, the crown has been revered as an object of Christian worship for centuries. Art specialists were still poring over the extent of the damage to Notre-Dame’s 13th-century South Rose Window, measuring 10 meters across , and other stained-glass masterpieces still standing after the cathedral’s wood-beamed roof collapsed.
Culture Minister Franck Riester said the paintings were mainly affected by smoke damage, rather than by flames. “What’s happened is really disturbing and makes me quake,” said Veronique Proust, a specialist guide who has led tours of the cathedral and its treasury for a quarter century. It was not immediately clear how much Notre-Dame’s treasures were worth, with Riester only pointing to the many “years and hundreds of millions” of euros of investment that would be required to restore the cathedral.
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