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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Chartres, Centre, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporalrebuilt 1194-1260 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (French)en_US
dc.date1194-1260en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-10T19:23:08Z
dc.date.available2013-05-10T19:23:08Z
dc.date.issued1194-1260en_US
dc.identifier216180en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 281en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/123809
dc.descriptionSouth elevation looking east; Dedicated to Notre-Dame, Chartres Cathedral acquired strong associations with the cult of the Virgin. Most of the 12th- and 13th-century sculpture and stained glass survive, to make the cathedral one of the most 'complete' medieval buildings in existence. The present cathedral was built after a fire in 1194; of the earlier church only the 11th-century crypt and the 12th-century western block survive. The cathedral, built of limestone, is about 34 m high and 130 m long internally. It has a four-bay choir with double aisles and a double ambulatory with six radiating chapels, of which three are shallow and three, reflecting the surviving crypt chapels, are deeper. [A UNESCO World Heritage Site] Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/8/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; limestoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectMary, Blessed Virgin, Sainten_US
dc.subjectGothic (Medieval)en_US
dc.titleChartres Cathedralen_US
dc.title.alternativeCathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartresen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-F-C-C-2-C1en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecathedralen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (French)en_US


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