The Cathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres

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The Cathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres
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Sancta Chamisia 876
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Pagan Sacred Spring Statue of Madonna by St.
Luke 734 Church Dedicated to Virgin 876 Sacra
Chamisia 11th Century New Basilica Early 12th
Century Fire Late 12th Century (1194) Fire 1194
1220 New Cathedral
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4 Annual Fairs
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Economy
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Town Meetings
Mystery, Miracle Morality Plays
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Health Care
Education
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Spiritual Sacraments, Salvation
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Catechism in Glass Stone Medieval Universe in
Microcosm
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To adore images is one thing to teach with
their help what should be adored is another.
What Scripture is to the educated, images are to
the ignorant . . . They read in them what they
cannot in books.
- Pope Gregory the Great (11th
Century)
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West Façade - Early 12th Century
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Right Portal
7 Liberal Arts
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Left Portal
Signs of the ZodiacLabors of the Month
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Center Portal
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Royal Portal Jamb Sculpture
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North Porch
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Old Testament Jamb Sculptures
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Coronationof the Virgin
Center Portal
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The Visitation, c. 1200
Royal Portal, c. 1150
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South Porch
Beau DieuTrumeau
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lt Beau Dieu Amiens
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Center Portal Last Judgment
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MartyrsJamb Sculpture
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Flying Buttresses
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Stained GlassRose Window
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