Labeled Floor Plan Of Chartres Cathedral

Chartres cathedral world heritage site chartres cathedral france.

Labeled floor plan of chartres cathedral.

Built by countless men over decades there are a lot of pieces to these architectural puzzles. It is however drawn to rather fine detail suggesting measurements must have been used to be able to make this drawing. Cathedral expert david macaulay breaks down the most important building terms for us. 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.

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. The present cathedral was constructed on the foundations of the earlier church and consecrated in 1260. A search that eventually turned into an attempt to re conceive and reconstruct the floor and the elevation plan of chartres cathedral. In this 11 th post the final reconstruction of the floor plan of chartres cathedral will be presented.

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. Cathedrals are some of the most intricate works of art ever created. S drawing of the chartres cathedral floor plan does not have any of drawn to scale indication shown on it. 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.

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 sounds a bit ambitious i know. Chartres cathedral also known as the cathedral of our lady of chartres french. Light double lines in perimeter walls indicate glazed windows.

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. A search that eventually turned into an attempt to re conceive and reconstruct the floor and the elevation plan of chartres cathedral. Also there are no dimensions shown nor is there a measurement key given no scale indication. By convention ecclesiastical floorplans are shown map fashion with north to the top and the.

Dashed lines show the ribs of the vaulting overhead.