The Cathedral BuildersThis elegantly illustrated, finely detailed account of how the magnificent Gothic cathedrals were erected also provides illuminating information on medieval society and the financial, political and spiritual roles of the men who inspired these splendid buildings. 94 photographs. |
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The Medieval Miracle | 1 |
Saint Bernard and Suger | 7 |
The Creative Impulse | 27 |
Copyright | |
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15 sous Abbey of Saint-Denis Abbot accounts altar Amiens architect architecture Autun Beauvais began Benedictine Bernard de Soissons bishop building built canons carpenters cathedral builders cathedral crusade chapels chapter Chartres choir Christian church of Saint-Lazare Cistercian cloister Cluniac Cluny diagrams doorway drawings drew England engraved Étienne Boileau Étienne Boileau's façade faith feast days feet France freemasonry geometry guild Guillaume Holy honour important inscription interest invented King labourers Landévennec Laon lay brothers lodge Maître manuscript marks masons master medieval metres Middle Ages monasteries monks mortar makers nave Notre-Dame de Paris paid parish pieceworkers Pierre planche 38 plans plasterers pounds priests quarry quarrymen rebuilding relics religious Renaissance Rheims Roriczer Saint-Denis sculptors secret sketchbook SOCRATES spirit square St Bernard stained glass statues stone stonecutters Strasbourg Cathedral Suger thirteenth century tower towns transept twelfth century vault Villard de Honnecourt Virgin walls William of Sens workmen