Cathedral architecture of Western Europe
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The mighty cathedral is a symbol of god, his power, and how much people respect him. But, many of these marvelous cathedrals have either rotted away or were torn down for another reason. However, there are still some cathedrals left.
Chartres Cathedral: Stained Glass
This is not intended as a comprehensive review of the stained glass of Chartres. See the excellent the excellent web site dedicated to Chartres by Alison Stones for that.
The Gothic Cathedral, Otto von Simson, Pantheon, NY (1956)
The Gothic, Paul Frankl , Princeton U. Press (1960)
The Cathedral Builders, Jean Gimpel, Grove Press, NY (1961)
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Cathedra The chair on which the bishop sits. It is located in the chancel, often centered behind the high altar. When a bishop (such as the pope) speaks ex cathedra, it means he is speaking in his official capacity.
cathedral - (cathedra, seat or throne) the principal church of a province or diocese, where the throne of the bishop is placed. For reasons lost to time and tradition, a cathedral always faces west - toward the setting sun.
Cathedral,Catania, Sicily Exterior pilaster
Muse d'Orsay, Paris, France Exterior panel
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Cathedral. The main church of a bishopric. The bishop officiates at the religious ceremonies and practices his spiritual teachings here.
Cvea. Semicircular area of a Roman theatre or amphitheatre occupied by rows of seats for the public.
Vaulted/Cathedral Ceiling
A ceiling with a height two-stories above ground level, employed to open up a space with additional light and air. Often a balcony on the second floor overlooks the vaulted ceiling and room below.
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Cathedral
- a Bishop's Church, from cathedra, the bishop's chair, positioned behind the altar, in the centre of the apse.
Cathedral of the Savior inside the Kremlin
Section through the Temple of the Goddess Athena Aphaea
1: Inner Walls. 2: The roof. 3: Inner Columns. 4: Opistodomos or rear porch.
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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia.
The word temple has traditionally been rarely used in the Western Christian tradition.
The cathedral of Paris was begun in 1163 with the choir, and completed in 1235 with the raising of the western towers.
Wells Cathedral
The buildings of this time are transitional - many still have the thick piers and rounded window openings of the earlier Romanesque style. Vaulting and decoration are simple; there is little sign of the elaborate stonework to come.
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Amiens Cathedral
"Plan of Amiens Cathedral. A, Apsidal aisle. B B, Outer aisles of choir. F G, Transepts. H, Central tower. I J, Western turrets. M, Principal or western doorway. N N, Western side doors. P Q, ...
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York, minster and other churches. Church of Notre Dame, Alengon.
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Salisbury Cathedral - England
Chapel Saint Hubert - Amboise - France (1500)
Chartres Cathedral - France (1300) ...
The Gothic Cathedral
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St. Saviors Cathedral
Scroll on Arch of Entrance to Building
Steep roof peaks and red clay tiles are normal in Brugge.
These cathedrals also focus in on on the rush to the sky and vertical upsweep of walls and flying buttresses in an attempt to again, unite space and light along an upward stretch for heaven.
3. Far view of the cathedral where you can see how the buttresses attach to the piers.
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CHAPEL: a transept or part of an aisle, divided off from the rest of a church or cathedral, provided with its own altar and dedication.
Chapter house: A meeting place for the chapter or governing body of a monastery or a cathedral. Other parts of monastery: cloister, refectory, scriptorium Chemise wall: Formed by a series of interlinked or overlapping semicircular bastions.
Paul's Cathedral on the Grand Canal in Venice. cascade a fall of water arranged in a succession of stages, either informally over a rock formation or more formally over a series of steps; a rustic arch often projects above the cascade, ...
The people running the cathedral
Cantilever A projecting beam fixed at one end only
Canton A small square in the dexter chief corner of a shield. Smaller than a quarter ...
Early in the 15th century, work on Florence cathedral was still in progress. Piers had already been erected to support a dome almost as large as that of the Pantheon in Rome.
The most spectacular examples of this are the Selimiye Cami in Nicosia and the Lala Mustapha Pasha Cami in Famagusta which are both converted Gothic cathedrals.
The general plan of the cathedrals, however, consisting of a long three-aisled nave intercepted by a transept and followed by a shorter choir and sanctuary, differs little from that of Romanesque churches.
Stained glass: Colored windows of Gothic cathedrals made from a combination of many pieces of colored and semi-transparent white glass joined together with lead strips.
Located throughout Gothic cathedrals, tracery adds much to the distinctive style of Gothic ornament. The variety of Tracery patterns within these cathedrals is nearly endless.
ChoirThe part of a cathedral, monastic church or collegiate church where services are sung.Churchwarden’s pewAn especially tall or elaborate pew for use by the churchwarden, usually placed at the west end of a church.
Early in the period, Gothic Revival houses were constructed of stone and brick imitating the castles and magnificent cathedrals of Europe.
Choir
1) The part of a cathedral, monastic church or collegiate church where services are sung. Often spelled Quire in older books.
2) A group of singers.
Choir stalls
The seats in the choir. Often highly decorated and having misericords.
an upper row of windows in a cathedral.
Collar beam
in a roof, a horizontal beam framed to and serving to tie together a pair of rafters at some distance above wall-plate level.
buttress - a heave added vertical part of a Gothic or Romanesque cathedral that contains the outward pressure of the vaults.
a small building or room set aside for worship. Large churches or cathedrals might have many chapels dedicated to different saints. A chantry chapel is a special chapel where prayers for the dead are said.
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absidiole: a small chapel projecting from the apse of a church or cathedral.
abutment: solid stonework or brickwork built against an arch or vault and counteracting its lateral thrust.
Flat Cut (FC) - Also called Plain Slicing, it is the most common method of veneer manufacturing, producing a grain pattern known as cathedral. Because each leaf in the flitch is similar, a consistent and even matching pattern is possible.
Hornton Stone was used in the building of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, St Paul's and Canterbury Cathedral. It was also the favourite material used by the Sculptors Henry Moore and Eric Gill.
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Chevet
A French term used to describe the developed east end of a church, usually a French Gothic cathedral, with its apse, ambulatory, and radiating chapels. Image courtesy of Gretchen Ranger ...
Labyrinth - A symbolic maze which for our purposes applies to the intricate symmetrical diagrams found on Cathedral floors.
Lancet window - Slender rectangular window with pointed arch.
Ward and Hughes were responsible for designing and erecting a large number of windows in the Diocese of Lincoln including Lincoln Cathedral, so it is no surprise that they were commissioned to design a window for St Lawrence.
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Small decorative leafy sculpture mainly used on the outer curve of arches in the 13th and 14th centuries. They have no architectural function and were used on cathedrals in imitation of the bishop's crozier (also derived from the French "croc" which ...
(Literally an enclosure) An eastern arm or that part of the east end of a church set apart for the use of the officiating clergy. In cathedrals or monastic churches it can contain the choir.
Chantry Chapel.
A divider, generally made of carved wood or stone, that separates the chancel of a church or cathedral from the rest of the nave.
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It is characterized by the use of pointed arches and ribbed vaults, piers, and buttresses in the support of its stone construction. The style is best exemplified by the Notre Dame in Paris and the cathedrals of Amiens and Bourges.
to buckle the walls outward and large piles of stone would be stacked along the wall in intervals to buttress (or support) the walls from pushing outward - these piles of stones became included in designs of structures, such as castles and cathedrals ...
Buttress - wall projection for extra support; flying - narrow, arched bridge against the structure (usually employed for cathedrals); pilaster - gradually recedes into the structure as it ascends.
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