1st Edition

The North Transept of Reims Cathedral Design, Construction, and Visual Programs

254 Pages

by Routledge

254 Pages

by Routledge

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This interdisciplinary volume in the AVISTA series is the first book to focus solely on the north transept of Reims Cathedral, the portion of the gothic building that served as the canons' primary entrance to the cathedral from their adjoining cloister in the thirteenth century. Despite the importance of its sculpture and stained glass, as well as its ritual use by the canons, the north transept... Read more

Introduction, Feltman / Part I Design and Construction: The north portals of Reims Cathedral: the evidence below ground, Berry / Retracing the original north transept of Reims Cathedral, Wu / Changing geometries in the north transept of Reims Cathedral, Bork / The last judgment portal of Reims Cathedral: an archaeological study of its construction, Kasarska / Part II Visual Programs: Royal and clerical iconography and the chronology of the Reims last judgment portal, Feltman / Sculpture, ritual, and episcopal identity in the saints portal at Reims Cathedral, Hansen / Dissent: Satan, Job, Gregory IX, Abou-El-Haj / The north rose of Reims Cathedral: a preliminary archaeological study, Balcon-Berry /Chronological evidence in the north transept stained glass of Reims Cathedral, Parsons Lillich.