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Above is the book seen in the l’abbé Sauniere museum  located in the Presbytery and Villa Bethania at Rennes-le-Chateau. Its closed pages reveal many drawings and a couple of years ago I was lucky enough to be shown the book and look at the drawings inside, some of which I have included below.

Figure Drawings

 

Louis XIII                                                                               Henry IV

This drawing is unlabelled but could it be Louis XIV?

 

Perhaps an early sketch of the bird and some of the porch details Sauniere wanted designed

Various drawings

 

   

This word was written below the leaf drawing but I do not know what word it is. Ideas anyone?

 

Seems to be a drawing of a yacht or schooner named La Julie

Signatures

It seems the book may have once belonged to Sauniere's father, Joseph, and he may have been responsible for some of the drawings featured here.

A jumble of signatures

Someone has been practicing their signature, in particular the 'S' of Sauniere

It seems likely Bérenger Sauniere was responsible for some of the above drawings and perhaps his father as well.