Queen Clotilda - from the Church of Notre Dame de Corbeil (dated about 1100). This statue formerly stood together with King Clovis I, with four others, at the portal of the ancient church of Notre Dame at Corbeil, but their companions perished with the church they embellished and the remaining figures have been transferred from the museum to be placed at the entrance to the vaults of the magnificent church of St Denis, the resting place of the long line of sovereigns of whose power Clovis laid the foundation. The costume of the Frankish queen is simple and the girdle with the pendent band before is common in the regal monumental effigies of the twelfth century. The manner of binding up the long hair is remarkable, and may be intended for a trqaditional memorial of this distinguishing mark o royalty in the early ages.