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Gothic cathedral

Object/Work Catalog Level: item

Type:
           basilica
           cathedral 		Controlled list
Authority
Classification Terms:
           architecture
           European art
Controlled list
Titles or Names Text: Chartres Cathedral
    Preference: preferred
    Language: English
Text: Cathedral of Notre-Dame
    Preference: alternate
Text: Notre-Dame de Chartres
    Preference: alternate 		Free text
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Creation Creator Description: unknown French Free text
  Identity: unknown French
Role: architects 		Authority
Authority
  Creation Date: construction was begun in 1194, consecrated in 1260; parts of earlier Romanesque building remain

Earliest: 1194 Latest: 1260 		Free text

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Styles/Periods/ Groups/Movements Indexing Term: Gothic Authority
Measurements Dimensions Description: height: 34 m (112 feet); length: 130 m (427 feet) Free text
  Value: 34 Unit: m Type: height
Value: 130 Unit: m Type: length 		Free text
Materials and Techniques Description: bearing masonry construction, limestone Free text
  Material Names:
         limestone
         masonry
Technique Name:
         bearing walls 		Authority
Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
         architecture
         religion/mythology
         Virgin Mary (Christian iconography)
         worship
         pilgrimage
         cathedral 		Authority
Descriptive Note Text: Noted for innovations in architectural construction and large number of sculptures and stained glass windows. The present cathedral was constructed on the foundations of the earlier church; the oldest parts of the cathedral are the crypt and Royal Portal (West Portal), remnants of a Romanesque church destroyed by fire in 1194. Free text
  Citation: Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987)
Page: 394 ff. 		Authority
Free text
Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Chartres (Eure-et-Loir, Centre region, France) Authority
Revised 28 August 2006