Chartres Cathedral Floor Plan Labeled

In this post i want to expand on the first post s story of starting the search for understanding the design of the chartres floor plan.

Chartres cathedral floor plan labeled.

In this 11 th post the final reconstruction of the floor plan of chartres cathedral will be presented. S drawing of the chartres cathedral floor plan does not have any of drawn to scale indication shown on it. Cathédrale notre dame de chartres is a roman catholic church in chartres france about 80 km 50 miles southwest of paris and is the seat of the bishop of chartres mostly constructed between 1194 and 1220 it stands at the site of at least five cathedrals that have occupied the site since the diocese of. Chartres cathedral analysis of the floor plan posted on august 27 2015 by aelenoble in the previous post i searched for possible patterns in the floor plan using a rather detailed floor plan published by jean villette and a plan available on the web that is based on the work of dehio and bezold.

It is however drawn to rather fine detail suggesting measurements must have been used to be able to make this drawing. In the previous post no 8 th the eastern half of the ground plan with apse and choir including the crossing and the transept was presented together with many of the detailed dimensions these dimensions are all given in the ancient french cistercian measurement units together with their. It sounds a bit ambitious i know. Chartres cathedral also known as the cathedral of our lady of chartres french.

The oldest parts of the cathedral are its crypt and the west portal or royal portal which are remnants of a romanesque church that was mostly destroyed by fire in 1194. Also there are no dimensions shown nor is there a measurement key given no scale indication. History of chartres cathedral. Chartres cathedral world heritage site chartres cathedral france.

Light double lines in perimeter walls indicate glazed windows. A search that eventually turned into an attempt to re conceive and reconstruct the floor and the elevation plan of chartres cathedral. Gallery of notre dame haiti cathedral 33 floor plan of notre dame de paris chartres cathedral notre dame de paris sainteustache paris notredame de. According to tradition chartres cathedral has housed the tunic of the blessed virgin mary the sancta camisia since 876 the relic was said to have been given to the cathedral by charlemagne who received it as a gift during a trip to jerusalem because of this relic chartres has been a very important marian pilgrimage center and the faithful still come from the.

In western ecclesiastical architecture a cathedral diagram is a floor plan showing the sections of walls and piers giving an idea of the profiles of their columns and ribbing. Visit the post for more. Dec 5 2016 chartres cathedral section and chartres cathedral floor plan labeled description cathedral images jpg 932 556.