Chartres Cathedral

Norwich: Pitkin Publishing, 1996. 96 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Charles is the most beautiful Gothic cathedral anywhere, in terms of its proportions and decorations, and this volume is particularly good in spotlighting the famous stained-glass windows as well as the sculptures. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Chartres Cathedral, of all the great medieval churches, has survived into the 21st century almost intact, not only architecturally but with its vast iconographic programme in 12th and 13th century stained glass and sculpture." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Plan of the windows of Chartres Cathedral; The History of the Chartres Cathedral: Chartres from Roman Times Until 1194; 1194-1260: The Gothic Cathedral; The Donors' Windows; Chartres Cathedral Since 1260; Architecture; The 12th Century: Sculpture; The Royal Portal; Glass; The Jesse Window; The Incarnation Window; The Passion and Resurrection Window; The Blue Virgin Window; The 13th Century: Sculpture; The North Porch; Glass; The North Rose Window; The Symbolic Window of the Redemption; The Joseph Window; The Noah Window; The john the Divine Window; The Mary Magdalene Window; The Good Samaritan and Adam and Eve Window; The Assumption Window; The Life of Mary Window; The Zodiac Signs Window; The Charlemagne Window; The Parable of the Prodigal Son Window; The Upper Storey Windows; Sculpture; The South Porch; Glass; The West Rose Window; The South Rose Window; The Heavenly Jerusalem; Glossary; Index.. 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Guidebook.