Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres - un détail

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9866390833/" title="2011 April 15 day 4 DSC_0146 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 April 15 day 4 DSC_0146" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/9866390833_2cb446f952_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Chartres Cathedral</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">12th Century Gothic </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The 300 narrow, winding steps to the bell tower </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">reward the adventurous climber with a quiet and lofty view of Chartres </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as well as intricate details.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The cathedral artisans carved images of beasts and flowers </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in places where they would not be easily seen by anyone but God. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Chartres, France</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(an easy day-trip from Paris by train)</em></span></div>

Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres - un détail

Chartres Cathedral 12th Century Gothic The 300 narrow, winding steps to the bell tower  reward the adventurous climber with a quiet and loft...

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Les toits de Chartres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ-K1FT34_w1hbVQ-2cRM7v4K8904NT__j_CCq48UImQKm3XbD_EGrKzRWWq-tASZnz4PI-8Ps63SlAIue5Xuj-FU1o4lrStJCmlqGmeWuojk4ZMj6q5c8PdB5X1CWEH7BPELeL_yArM/s1600/2011+April+Day+4+DSC_0153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ-K1FT34_w1hbVQ-2cRM7v4K8904NT__j_CCq48UImQKm3XbD_EGrKzRWWq-tASZnz4PI-8Ps63SlAIue5Xuj-FU1o4lrStJCmlqGmeWuojk4ZMj6q5c8PdB5X1CWEH7BPELeL_yArM/s640/2011+April+Day+4+DSC_0153.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On the ascent to the top of the Bell Tower</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A variety of architecture, rooftops, and layout of the city</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">can be seen from our ascent at the half-way point to the top of the Bell Tower.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The steps were worn smooth and a tight spiral shared by those going up and those going down.  We only encountered a few in either direction.  It is a bit dizzying.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If I had shown this photo in black and white you would have missed the fields of rape seed (canola) in the far horizon.  As we made the quick trip on the train, the bright yellow provided blocks of color as we zipped along.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chartres, France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">96 km southwest of Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">an easy day-trip by train</span></i></div>

Les toits de Chartres

from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres On the ascent to the top of the Bell Tower A variety of architecture, rooftops, and layout of the...

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Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvuPWk2quzu_ePw0X6k4ofcn6NkHgu8vwITEGvaciQC11zF3YvLRvVWfCsLIPfBDLFS6sXypmy1667xUqmbtLQqs_b2qy8vmuETaF31s1Al7IeHK10XJyAk6j5seLz-aJzTIet0z4cPw/s1600/2011+april+day+4+DSC_0155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyvuPWk2quzu_ePw0X6k4ofcn6NkHgu8vwITEGvaciQC11zF3YvLRvVWfCsLIPfBDLFS6sXypmy1667xUqmbtLQqs_b2qy8vmuETaF31s1Al7IeHK10XJyAk6j5seLz-aJzTIet0z4cPw/s640/2011+april+day+4+DSC_0155.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Chartres Cathedral</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">12th Century Gothic</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">looking down as we ascended the many ancient, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">spiraling steps to the bell tower</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Chartres, France</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(an easy day-trip from Paris by train)</em></span>

Cathédral Notre-Dame de Chartres

Chartres Cathedral 12th Century Gothic looking down as we ascended the many ancient, spiraling steps to the bell tower bon dimanche Cathédra...

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Notre Dame de Chartres - la tour nord

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkV6CJbPR6rAfEvfzEL6se5B3HAHf0AiQtJpp0i3rw1_jEny_GFm_91R7YqMWOzLg4pwxcWHma4Y3DcwpK0qRVpWFnUR5dK9MogTdRH3DvwVIi6QU9Sk-wHvifMQQmOvp0Mr-pNfU-vw/s1600/2011+april+day+4+DSC_0136+-+b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkV6CJbPR6rAfEvfzEL6se5B3HAHf0AiQtJpp0i3rw1_jEny_GFm_91R7YqMWOzLg4pwxcWHma4Y3DcwpK0qRVpWFnUR5dK9MogTdRH3DvwVIi6QU9Sk-wHvifMQQmOvp0Mr-pNfU-vw/s640/2011+april+day+4+DSC_0136+-+b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Notre Dame de Chartres, commonly known as Chartres Cathedral, is an architectural treasure as well as a destination for pilgrims for over a thousand years.  I have posted previously <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/07/labyrinth-of-chartres-cathedral.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>, <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/10/cathedral-of-our-lady-of-chartres.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><strong>here</strong></span></a> and <strong><a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/11/malcolm-miller-chartres-cathedral.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">here</span></a></strong>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This photo was taken as friend Marie and I ascended the narrow, worn steps in the Jehan de Beauce tower.  We walked round and round seeing few others in the tight spiral leading to the very top, a rather small perch from which to view all of Chartres.  This shot is a portion of the buttresses and the 19th century iron roof.  Each rotation on our way to the top provided a vignette beyond the stone windows including gargoyles and other carvings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you are in Paris this easy day trip is worth the visit.  Currently the interior is undergoing a major restoration and there may be portions inaccessible to visitors.  The labyrinth has been restored and is open.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Notre Dame de Chartres</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Chartres, France</em></span>

Notre Dame de Chartres - la tour nord

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Malcolm Miller, Chartres Cathedral expert

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFp6BrWpdYpMBo3He-1cvNE3QzviO9st6Pz4L1kQ8X81zjhIMX7OHjcBa3Grqkg5FsOE3UwqvpexD2bzWSaxYCSjfwoo-OijYVBds0M41MJ-Pffzv8H-OFIngHJ2ezYA1ng0tIAdwIZsE/s1600/2011+april+4+DSC_0158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFp6BrWpdYpMBo3He-1cvNE3QzviO9st6Pz4L1kQ8X81zjhIMX7OHjcBa3Grqkg5FsOE3UwqvpexD2bzWSaxYCSjfwoo-OijYVBds0M41MJ-Pffzv8H-OFIngHJ2ezYA1ng0tIAdwIZsE/s640/2011+april+4+DSC_0158.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Sundays, I usually feature a church.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today, I am presenting a portrait of Malcolm Miller, who is likely the foremost authority on Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres.  He has been giving lecture tours of this world famous cathedral for over 50 years and says that he continues to learn new details.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.artagogo.com/commentary/miller/miller.htm">According to Mr. Miller, the 13th century Chartres Cathedral can be compared to a library. And like a library, we may visit and read many books, maybe even re-read some books, but we will never read all the books. Chartres is much the same. Its contents: architectural design, statues, and stained glass are each like books and their respective images their text. What is remarkable in this new millennium, said Miller, is that much of Chartres can still be "read."</a>  (from Kathleen Lang's "Malcolm Miller: Reading Chartres Cathedral, <a href="mailto:info@artagogo.com">info@artagogo.com</a>)</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you have an opportunity to see Chartres Cathedral, be sure to search out Mr. Miller for better understanding of the details, stories and mysteries of the cathedral.  He will demand your attention much like a professor of his students and delight you with his humor and intimate knowledge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bon dimanche</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chartres, France </div>

Malcolm Miller, Chartres Cathedral expert

On Sundays, I usually feature a church. Today, I am presenting a portrait of Malcolm Miller, who is likely the foremost authority on Cathedr...

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Cathedral of our Lady of Chartres - astrological clock

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWgG42FC_jWJAiXVbQsyYmoCYfVQKCrsTrFbjoXFnisxrPGwj3wghAbDj8f7TZBSzVsLBBruZg2qRo3devaxszPIYGHMBF8wkCbz5YAV3bAntNNibOErK-_CZBNPSc3i0yzrD3uA7ez4/s1600/2011+april+4+DSC_0059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWgG42FC_jWJAiXVbQsyYmoCYfVQKCrsTrFbjoXFnisxrPGwj3wghAbDj8f7TZBSzVsLBBruZg2qRo3devaxszPIYGHMBF8wkCbz5YAV3bAntNNibOErK-_CZBNPSc3i0yzrD3uA7ez4/s640/2011+april+4+DSC_0059.jpg" width="424px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The chancel screen of Chartres Cathedral displays an impressive astrological clock dating from the 16th century. It told not only the time but the day of the week, the month of the year, the time of sunrise and sunset, the phase of the moon and the current sign of the zodiac. Its inner works were partially destroyed in 1793.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the thousands of stained glass windows one could almost miss this treasure</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bon dimanche</div>

Cathedral of our Lady of Chartres - astrological clock

The chancel screen of Chartres Cathedral displays an impressive astrological clock dating from the 16th century. It told not only the time b...

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The Labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9AhmEDjJqJou9FA3GVsfsiNqZjIIhZExKV1Lqq2P6B3rESxoQRhkkqWOO2J5AktV78tQRqGAsLLzLvJCyXmw_7hCpC1cUYGIHpYsSM8EE03cimBLzd-DAamM-aysT958-9yehjIACX4/s1600/2011+april+4+DSC_0120.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627548585130643826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9AhmEDjJqJou9FA3GVsfsiNqZjIIhZExKV1Lqq2P6B3rESxoQRhkkqWOO2J5AktV78tQRqGAsLLzLvJCyXmw_7hCpC1cUYGIHpYsSM8EE03cimBLzd-DAamM-aysT958-9yehjIACX4/s640/2011+april+4+DSC_0120.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The </span><a href="http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/svp/st_org/pdp/chartres.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral</strong> </span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">was laid out in the nave of the cathedral in the early 13th Century as the church was being built. This <em>chemin du paradis</em> is walked even today as it was centuries ago, slowly and prayerfully, by pilgrims. On this day there were people of all ages, some with bare feet and some in shoes. Many walk the 260 meters on their knees as was the practice in the Middle Ages.<br /><br />With several hundred people in the cathedral, the labyrinth was silent... a sight one does not soon forget.<br /><br /></span>Bon dimanche<br /></span><br /><br /><div></div><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres_Cathedral"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres<br /></span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Chartres, France</span>

The Labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral

The labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral was laid out in the nave of the cathedral in the early 13th Century as the church was being built. This...

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Aujourd'hui

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81P6QVGdylySsDPfjwbuBWpFIl7BKDsdcppCVaKi5PVGWGdhmZI2E_qe13TdKTIxRpZ7DitsrYNITRjCfARF-Q-Sko51iIKEWR4-NMu-jnLCXHVdiAXyPB7RuJDi90aX8cfH_LPP9A0U/s1600/2011+april+paris+chartres+DSC_0078.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598976361429289458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81P6QVGdylySsDPfjwbuBWpFIl7BKDsdcppCVaKi5PVGWGdhmZI2E_qe13TdKTIxRpZ7DitsrYNITRjCfARF-Q-Sko51iIKEWR4-NMu-jnLCXHVdiAXyPB7RuJDi90aX8cfH_LPP9A0U/s640/2011+april+paris+chartres+DSC_0078.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br />The elegance of over 4,000 stained glass windows at <a href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/chartres-cathedral"><strong>Chartres Cathedral</strong> </a>seems appropriate for today, Easter Sunday. This is the St. Stephen Chapel of Martyrs, a story told in the panes of the windows.<br /><br /><em>Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres</em><br /><em>Chartres, France</em><br /><em></em>

Aujourd'hui

The elegance of over 4,000 stained glass windows at Chartres Cathedral seems appropriate for today, Easter Sunday. This is the St. Stephen ...

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