Reims Gallery

Archbishop of Rheims, Archeveque de Reims, with mitre

Archbishop of Rheims, Archeveque de Reims, with mitre. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larchey's Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d'Or et de l'Europe au 15e siecle (Ancient Equestrian Armorials of the Order of the Golden Fleece and Europe in the 15th century), Paris, 1890. From illustrated manuscript 4790 in the Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Great French Military manoeuvres witnessed by Tsar Nicholas

The Franco-Russian alliance of 1892 established privileged relations between France and Russia. Reciprocal protocol exchanges and visits were organised and Tsar Nicholas II was invited to the great manoeuvres of the East. Staying in Compiegne, he visited the north of Reims on 21 September 1901 and was welcomed by President Emile Loubet. The imperial delegation witnessed a vast deployment of 120, 000 men in the Betheny plain and the fort of Fresne-les-Reims concluded the demonstration with a spectacular attack, as shown on this postcard to mark the event. This card was actually sent on the day of his visit from Montmirail (which lies just to the south west of Reims). Date: 1901

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Illuminated alphabet, gold chalice, golden

Illuminated alphabet, gold chalice, golden reliquary, and wood-carvings from the choir.. Chalice from the Cathedral de Sens, reliquary from the Cathedral of Reims, and wood-carvings from the Cathedral d'Amiens. Chromolithograph from Ernest Guillot's Ornementation des Manuscrits au Moyen-Age (Ornamentation from Manuscripts of the Middle Ages), 1897

© Florilegius / Mary Evans