Beauvais Cathedral

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built by:

• Martin Chambiges

  Sources: Beauvais Cathedral: Architecture of Transcendence

founded by:

• Milon de Nanteuilsince 1225 O.S.

  Sources: Beauvais Cathedral: Architecture of Transcendence, The Gothic Cathedral: The Architecture of the Great Church, 1130–1530

rival of:

• Amiens Cathedral

  Sources: Beauvais Cathedral: Architecture of Transcendence, The Gothic Cathedral: The Architecture of the Great Church, 1130–1530

Appears in7 items

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  Gothic Cathedrals7 items
  • High Gothic1194 O.S.
  • 
    Beauvais: the unfinished giant1225 O.S.
  • Beauvais’s choir finished: the highest Gothic vault1272 O.S.
  • Beauvais’s choir vaults collapse29 Nov 1284 O.S.
  • Flamboyant1380 O.S.
  • Beauvais’s crossing tower completed1569 O.S.
  • Beauvais’s tower collapses on Ascension Day30 Apr 1573 O.S.

Sources

1. BookBeauvais Cathedral: Architecture of Transcendence
2. BookThe Gothic Cathedral: The Architecture of the Great Church, 1130–1530