"The jubé, separating the choir from the nave, was of wrought stone,
with open arches, supported by pillars. On each side of the entrance
were chapels and altars; that on the left hand dedicated to the Blessed
Virgin, with a (_retable_) reredos, decorated with small bas-reliefs of
our Lord's passion, painted and gilt, similar in style to that behind
the high altar of the church. In the gallery of the jubé (rood loft), on
an elevation of several steps, was an image of St. John, supporting a
desk from whence the Gospel was chanted. Above this jubé was a large
cross of wood, gilt and painted, and covered with fleur-de-lis, which
extended nearly the width of the church, having an image of our Lord
crucified, and on either side two cherubim, with wings of gold, and
beyond these, images of the Blessed Virgin and St. John in mantles,
covered with fleur-de-lis, with borders of inscriptions. This was
demolished in 1788, at the same time that the chapter removed the
splendid ancient altar, with its brass pillars and ciborium, and
replaced it by a miserable design, described (_à la Romaine_). Within
three years after this destruction the church was in the hands of
revolutionists, the clergy expelled, and the new-fashioned altar, &c.
reduced to a heap of fragments."—See Antiquités Nationales, par Aubin
Louis Millin: Paris, l'an second de la liberté, 1791.