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Picturing the Celestial City : the medieval stained glass of Beauvais Cathedral / Michael W. Cothren.

by Cothren, Michael Watt.

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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.

Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France)

Glass painting and staining, Gothic -- France -- Beauvais.

Glass painting and staining -- France -- Beauvais.

Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Beauvais -- Medieval, 500-1500.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005034254-d.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005034254-b.html

0691120803 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780691120805 (cloth : alk. paper)

xii, 276 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm.

Preface -- Introduction -- The first campaign: glazing the Virgin Chapel during the 1240s -- The second campaign: The original glazing of the Upper Choir, ca. 1255-1265 -- The third campaign: post-collapse repair and refurbishment in chapels during the 1290s -- The fourth campaign: restorers and creators, working upstairs and down in the 1340s -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Transformation and restoration of the medieval glazing: a brief history -- Appendix B: Stained glass from the Saint-John Chapel, now in the Musée de Picardie, Amiens -- Appendix C: The houses of Roche Guyon and the Chatelains of Beauvais in the fourteenth century.

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