IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE
FRANCE: CHARTRES (CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE-DAME)
© Alison Stones


Chartres Cathedral from SE

Chartres Cathedral is among the best preserved of the major French cathedrals, with extensive programmes of sculpture and stained glass. It was a major site of pilgrimage in honour of the Virgin Mary, to whom the cathedral is dedicated.

The links on this page will lead to information and diagrams concerning the cathedral's

Architecture, Stained Glass, Sculpture, Manuscripts.
Maps and Other Information
are also linked from this page. To browse the entire image collection or to search by keyword, please see the related website, housed at the Digital Research Library at the University of Pittsurgh:

Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame

Also see our Select Bibliography

Permission is granted for these images to be used for educational purposes only, provided the appropriate copyright is acknowledged on every image used (see the copyright link on every image). Any other use of these images without the express written consent of the copyright holder is prohibited.


Substantial Update: May 2007                    This site is a work in progress.                   Site History & Project Team


DIAGRAMS AND STRUCTURED LINKS
The icons below lead to diagrams and groups of images organized under these headings.


ARCHITECTURE

Plans and Drawings Exterior Architecture Crypt Architecture Interior Architecture Roof Architecture
Plans and
Drawings
Exterior

Interior:
Crypt
Interior:
Main Level
Interior:
Roof Level

STAINED GLASS

Nave Lower Windows Nave Clerestory Windows Transept Lower Windows Transept Clerestory Windows Choir Windows Choir Clerestory Windows Rose Windows
Nave
Lower Windows
Nave
Clerestory Windows
Transept
Lower Windows
Transept
Clerestory Windows
Choir
Lower Windows
Choir
Clerestory Windows
Rose
Windows

SCULPTURE

West Façade North Porch South Porch
West Facade Capital Frieze
West Facade Crypt Figures
Miscellaneous Sculpture
West Façade
Capital Frieze
West Façade Figures in Crypt Miscellaneous Sculpture

MANUSCRIPTS

Pontifical of Chartres Martyrology of Chartres

Pontifical of
Chartres

Obituary and
Martyrology
of Chartres

OTHER INFORMATION

Location and Situation Masons' Marks
Location and
Situation
Masons'
Marks

List of Bishops of Chartres


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