"The length of this church appears at first sight out of all proportion
to its width, but this is caused by the destruction of the great screen
which separated the choir from the nave. This splendid work, commenced
in the year 1500 by Robert Chardon, monk of the abbey, and of exquisite
lightness of design, and covered with admirable sculptures, was
barbarously demolished by the Vandals of 1802."—Essai sur l'Abbaye de
Fécamp, par Leroux de Lincy. Rouen, 1840.