Narbonne Cathedral

Narbonne Cathedral is conveniently located right next to the former bishoprical palace and is advertised as having the third highest vaulting of all Medieval cathedrals, behind only Beauvais and Amiens. Having seen these two, we had to go see #3. Like Beauvais, we think Narbonne should have an asterisk by its claim.

Another hemmed-in cathedral, but, as we'll see, actually there
is not that much to hem in

"Oh no, not another cathedral!"

And there it is, right up from the chancel, 13 or 14 flamboyant
stories high

Altar, etc.

Nice choir; but wait! What are all those chairs doing in the
middle of the choir?

And why is there a wall at the back of the
choir with an organ on it? Ans: at Narbonne,
despite the great height, they never got around
to building the transepts or nave; at Beavais
they had at least one transept, so maybe
Narbonne should have 2 asterisks

The cathedral being rather small, we are now
in the Treasury, looking at familiar scenes from
a respectably old Flemish tapisserie; according
to this rendition, they got kicked out not for
eating the forbidden fruit  but for having their hands
in their crotches continually

Thus

C. 1350

Back in the cathedral, noting there is no triforium
and it is not glazed

The St. Mary of Bethlehem chapel has some very old and
interesting polychrome carving

Traditionally, Judgment scenes have Hell on God/Jesus/Mary's
left (the viewer's right); here, they seem to  occupy the whole
under-piece

"Delivery for Mr. Satan!"

"Right, put them over there by the vat of boiling oil"

I would have made a great gargoyle