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Notre-Dame d'Amiens

Notre-Dame d'Amiens

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 for the coherence of its plan, and the beauty of its three-tier interior elevation Notre-Dame d'Amiens, is the tallest completed Gothic church and largest cathedral in France. The Romanesque cathedral had been destroyed by fire in 1218, and Bishop Evrard de Fouilly employed Robert de Luzarches as the architect to build the new cathedral in the Gothic style to house the head of John the Baptist ⓘ which had been bought back as a relic by Wallon de Sarton returning from Constantinople in 1206 after the 4th crusade.

Notre-Dame de Chartres

Notre-Dame de Chartres

Designated a World heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979 the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Chartres was built from between 1145 and 1250. It's high nave is spanned by ogival pointed arches to form the vault, and the walls are supported by double flying buttresses. Chartres is the first building to have used buttresses as a structural element.

Chartres Cathedral is also unique in having retained almost all of its original 12th and 13th century stained glass.

Oak Cross-Legged Knight Effigy - Cold Higham, Northamptonshire

Oak Cross-Legged Knight Effigy - Cold Higham, Northamptonshire

This is one of fewer than 100 surviving wooden knight figures in England, and transcends mere memorial: it immortalizes Sir John's legacy as a minor but dutiful baron, who was possibly involved in Edward III's French campaigns

Painted Clock - Raunds

Painted Clock - Raunds

The painted clock a reminder of the passing of time ones mortality and the Last Judgment.

Paintings on the subject of morality.

Paintings on the subject of morality.

The medieval wall paintings in this section are allegories designed to promote the godly life over one of evil. Such paintings were also designed to show the fate that awaits anyone who does not heed the painting's warning.

Peter de Grandisson Tomb - Hereford Cathedral

Peter de Grandisson Tomb - Hereford Cathedral

Polychome tomb with effigy of baron Peter de Grandison (d1358) and the Coronation of the Virgin above the effigy.

Pieta - St. Aignan-sur-Cher

Pieta - St. Aignan-sur-Cher

Fom about 1420, the figures on the right are thought to be Louis II of Chalon, count of Saint Aignan, his mother, and his second wife Jeanne de Perellos.

Polychrome Reliefs Telling The Story of St. James the Greater - Amiens

Polychriome reliefs telling the story of St James the Greater, and the conversion of Philetus and Hermogenes. Amiens Cathedral 1511.

Portail des Libraires - Rouen Cathedral

Quatrefoils dated 1278-1300, retelling Biblical stories carved around the Portail des Libraires of Rouen Cathedral.

Portal of St Firmin

Portal of St Firmin

The portal of St Firmin opens into the north aisle of Amiens Cathedral. The tympanum ⓘ shows the discovery of his remains outside the city, and their transport to the cathedral.

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