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    Chartres Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres), is a Catholic church in Chartres...
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    of Chartres (as defined by the INSEE), 38,534 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Chartres proper. Chartres is famous worldwide for its cathedral. Mostly...
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    The stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral are held to be one of the best-preserved and most complete set of medieval stained glass, notably celebrated...
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    phase, like Chartres Cathedral, have to be subsumed to Early Gothic, others, like the Reims Cathedral and the western parts of Amiens Cathedral, have to...
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    The Cathedral of Chartres is an oil painting on canvas of Chartres Cathedral by the French artist Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, created in 1830. After being...
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    a ring of small chapels. This model appeared at Chartres Cathedral and was copied at Reims Cathedral and other later structures. Another characteristic...
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    Fulbert of Chartres (French: Fulbert de Chartres; 952–970–10 April 1028) was the Bishop of Chartres from 1006 to 1028 and a teacher at the Cathedral school...
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    Hall Albi Cathedral Amiens Cathedral Blois-Vienne Church Chartres Cathedral Fontevraud Abbey Notre-Dame de Paris Palais des papes Reims Cathedral Rouen Cathedral...
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    refined style, High Gothic, characterised by Chartres Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral. A third period, called Rayonnante in France,...
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  • They were particularly important in the High Gothic cathedrals, most famously in Chartres Cathedral. Their function was to fill the interior with a mystical...
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    are the great Gothic cathedrals of France, including Notre-Dame Cathedral, Reims Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Amiens Cathedral. Its main characteristics...
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    fires in old cathedrals were also a frequent reason for constructing a new building, as at Chartres Cathedral, Rouen Cathedral, Bourges Cathedral, and numerous...
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    Several 13th-century French cathedrals have Trees in the arches of doorways: Notre-Dame of Laon, Amiens Cathedral, and Chartres (central arch, North portal...
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    of the nave of the Cathedral Notre-Dame de Chartres in Chartres, France. Trade windows first appeared at the cathedrals of Chartres and Bourges between...
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  • Gothic cathedrals in the Rayonnant style included Reims Cathedral, Amiens Cathedral, Bourges Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, and Beauvais Cathedral. he Innovations...
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    compared with 36 meters at Chartres Cathedral and Reims Cathedral. They are exceeded in height only by Beauvais Cathedral, whose vaults partially collapsed...
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    window from Chartres Cathedral Charlemagne from a Romanesque window in Strasbourg Cathedral The Crucifixion window of Poitiers Cathedral Late Gothic Tree...
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    the center of several medieval examples. The Chartres pattern (named for its appearance in Chartres Cathedral) is the most common medieval design; it appears...
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    most notably at Chartres. The most notable example in England is the north transept window, known as the "Dean's Eye" in Lincoln Cathedral. These windows...
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    Virgin's veil (category Chartres Cathedral)
    Constantinople. A similar relic, perhaps from Constantinople, has been kept in Chartres Cathedral since the 9th or 10th century. In a sermon of Patriarch Euthymius...
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    Middle Ages, the Chartres Cathedral established the cathedral School of Chartres, an important center of French scholarship located in Chartres. It developed...
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    centres of the faces of the towers, as in the southwest tower of Chartres Cathedral. Additional vertical ornament, in the form of slender pinnacles in...
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    Autun, and Lyon and Chartres had four each, all as subordinate officers. The normal constitution of the chapter of a secular cathedral church comprised four...
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    architectural style and was constructed at about the same time as Chartres Cathedral. The cathedral is particularly known for the great size and unity of its...
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    The visual image (from Bernard of Chartres) appears in the stained glass of the south transept of Chartres Cathedral. The tall windows under the rose window...
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    Denis, Sens Cathedral, Notre-Dame of Laon, the West facade of Chartres Cathedral, Notre-Dame de Paris, Lyon Cathedral and Toul Cathedral. The High Gothic...
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    in saving France's Chartres Cathedral, one of the most important monuments of medieval civilization, during the battle of Chartres (August 16–18, 1944)...
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    scale of the nave first introduced at Chartres Cathedral. The architects adapted another element from Chartres; the pillars of the arcade were composed...
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    14th century Arabic manuscript, Book of Wonders Appearing in Chartres Cathedral in Chartres 16th-century woodcut by Johannes Regiomontanus Pisces on "Wishing...
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    direction of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, based upon a similar window at Chartres Cathedral. The south rose had a difficult history. In 1543 it was damaged by...
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