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The Omnipresence of Religion Medieval:. Old St. Peters once stood on the spot where the Basilica of Saint Peter stands today in Rome from the 4th to 16th.

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1 The Omnipresence of Religion Medieval:

2 Old St. Peters once stood on the spot where the Basilica of Saint Peter stands today in Rome from the 4th to 16th centuries

3 Basilica Ulpia served as inspiration

4 building consisted of five aisles a wide central nave two smaller aisles to each side—each divided by 21 marble columns (all spoils from earlier pagan buildings)

5 nave double side aisle apse

6 somewhat simplistic precursor to more ornate cathedrals that were to come

7 Chartres Cathedral France, 1210-1225

8 Roman cubilculum—barrel vaulted ceiling Chartres Cathedral—groin vaulted ceiling

9 Chartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis highest vaults in France at time of building

10 Chartres Cathedral, South Portal, France 1210-1225

11 section of Chartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225 cathedral used flying buttresses extensively—these supported the weight of the extremely high vaults

12 buttress flying buttress

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14 naveapse ambulatory transcept east end is rounded (apse) with an ambulatory which has five semi-circular chapels radiating from it. cruciform—92 ft long nave & short transepts to the south and north

15 transcept

16 skeletal structure pointed arch used four rib vaults in a rectangular space, instead of six in a square pattern, as in earlier Gothic cathedrals

17 pointed arch skeletal system of supports, from the compound piers all the way up to the springing and transverse and diagonal ribs, allowed large spaces of the cathedral to be free for stained glass work, as well as a towering height compound piers

18 infill structure

19 Rose Window has three large rose windows: west front—Last Judgment north transept—Glorification of the Virgin south transept—Glorification of Christ

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21 communicating to an illiterate public

22 Beauvais the mystical quality of light and the presence of God in some respects the most daring achievement of Gothic architecture vaulting in the interior exceeds 150 ft work interrupted in1284 by the collapse of the vaulting of the choir, a disaster that produced a temporary failure of nerve among the masons working in Gothic style

23 Ste. Chapelle, Paris, 1242-48 built to house precious relics in the heart of Paris

24 Ste. Chapelle, Paris, 1242-48

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27 Royal Chapel, Hampton Court Palace, England, 1535 fan vaulting

28 Chapel of Henry VII at Westminster Abbey, London, 16 th century

29 Thorncrown Chapel, Fay Jones,

30 Haddon Hall & Penshurst Place Derbyshire & Kent, England 14th - 16th centuries

31 Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England, 14th - 16th centuries oriel double courtcrenellated roof line great hall

32 Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England, 14th - 16th centuries oriel double court crenellated roof line great hall

33 Haddon Hall, Plan, 14th - 16th centuries great hall

34 dais trestle table

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36 Penshurst Place

37 Penshurst Place, Great Hall, Kent, England, 14th - 16th centuries screen minstrel’s gallery quatrefoil brazier

38 Penshurst Place, Great Hall, Kent, England 14th - 16th centuries

39 Haddon Hall, Parlor, England 14th - 16th centuries

40 Haddon Hall, Long Gallery, England 14th - 16th centuries often located on upper floor stretched across the entire frontage of the building served several purposes: used for entertaining guests for taking exercise in the form of walking when the weather was inclement displaying art collections

41 Penshurst Place, Long Gallery, England 14th - 16th centuries

42 prayer book used by laymen for private devotion containing prayers or meditations— appropriate to certain hours of the day, days of the week, months or seasons shows artist’s depictions of day-to- day life

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44 heavy timber or half timber or “black & white”

45 cruck

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50 Gothic Furniture England, 13th - 16th centuries

51 Tester bed, France, 13th - 16th centuries

52 Oak Sideboard, England 13th - 16th centuries

53 Choirstall, England, 13th - 16th centuries

54 Cress w/ linen-fold motif, England 13th - 16th centuries

55 Joyned Chair, England, 13th - 16th centuries

56 “Throne” chair, England, 13th - 16th centuries


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