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The parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) [5] complemented by a series of Old and New Testament typologies served as a popular subject for cathedral glazing programs in the thirteenth century. [6] Three French cathedral windows fabricated between 1200 and 1215 function in this way: Sens (c.1200), Chartres (1205/1215), [7] and Bourges (c ...
Chartres Cathedral, (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, lit., Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres), is a Catholic cathedral in Chartres, France, about 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres.
List of highest church naves # Cathedral/Church Nave height City Country Notes 1 Beauvais Cathedral: 47 m (154 ft) [3] Beauvais: France: The "Parthenon of French Gothic", only one bay of the nave was built, but choir and transepts were completed to the same height. 2 St. Peter's Basilica: 46 m (151 ft) [4] 45 m (148 ft) [5] Vatican City ...
The nave (/ n eɪ v /) is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When a church contains side aisles , as in a basilica -type building, the strict definition of the term "nave" is restricted to the central ...
Some windows survive from an earlier Chartres Cathedral, such as the three lancets on the west front (1145–1155, contemporary with those made for Abbot Suger at the Basilica of Saint-Denis) and the lancet south of the choir known as 'Notre-Dame de la Belle Verrière', famed for its Chartres blue (1180).
The columns between the spans hold statues, around 1.6m tall, all by Thomas Boudin, showing God the Father, Fulbert and other unidentified bishops of Chartres. [5] There are also another 84 smaller statues at various levels, between 35 cm and 60 cm tall - the original plan seemed to be to show figures from society and envisaged 136 of these ...
You can watch the reopening festivities on USA TODAY's YouTube channel here. ... Initial construction on the cathedral began in 1163, but it took more than 100 years to complete. During the 17th ...
External length in m Internal length in m Nave length in m Width in m Name Completion City Country Comment N/A (underground) 262: 89: 18: Basílica de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos