required the work of two sculptors and four carpenters. This use of panelling was very popular in Alsatian churches at that time. After this last decoration campaign, the Carthusian church had twenty-four paintings, twenty-three wooden statues and twenty-six groups of two columns. The consoles supporting these pairs of columns are carved in imitation of cherub heads; above the paintings were angels with outstretched wings. It was also Conrad Odendal who replaced the original lectern with a new one, depicting an angel carrying the lectern. The paintings in the nave, the brothers' choir, depicted the mysteries of the Incarnation and the Infancy of Jesus, and the beginnings of the Carthusian Order. The paintings beyond the rood screen depicted the Passion of Christ, and the statues were of the Evangelists and Apostles. In 1696, the Benedictine monk Thierry Ruinart judged the church to be "decorated with great taste, with very valuable paintings and other ornaments". Later, some final modifications were made in the 18th century, with the installation of four new rococo altars in 1769; a wrought iron grille, the work of Jean-Baptiste Pertois, was installed at the entrance to the choir. The courtyard and its buildings On three sides, the monastic church was surrounded by the courtyard delimited by the cloister of the fathers; on the west side only, it came up against the prior's house. This courtyard was also the site of the monks' graveyard, the sacristy and the chapter house. The sacristy, a fairly low, square-shaped building, was built around the apse of the church. It was built at the same time as the sanctuary and incorporated the buttresses of the choir. Two secondary altars were installed in this sacristy, the first dedicated to Saint Bruno, Saint Anthelm of Belley and Saint Hugh of Lincoln, the second to Saint Hugh of Grenoble, the three archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, as well as to Saints Anthelm and Hugh of Lincoln. The chapter house was also adjacent to the church, adjoining the apse and sacristy on the southern side of the fathers' choir. In keeping with the relatively small number of fathers, the chapter house is a very small room, smaller than a monk's cell (about 6 × 4 metres). The thin walls show that there is no vault. Despite its small size, the room still contains an altar dedicated to the Holy Cross. In addition, Brother Martin of Freiburg painted