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• Amiens Cathedral Const...
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION:
1220-c.1225 - Master Robert de Luzarches began work on the foundations and lower wall.
He may have been assisted by Thomas de Cormont
1225-30 - Master Robert de Luzarches and Thomas de Cormont constructed the south nave aisle
rapidly to provide space for liturgical celebrations
1230-1235 - Master Robert de Luzarches and Thomas de Cormont built the north nave aisle
soon afterwards
1240s-c.1250 - Master Thomas de Cormont constructed the upper nave and belfries of western towers
c.1250 - Master Thomas de Cormont died having completed the upper nave,
begun the upper transept and laid out the lower choir
1250s-1260s - Master Renaud de Cormont completed the upper transept and upper choir
The axial window of the choir clerestory was installed in 1269
1280s-c.1310 - Main roof installed from east to west
1360s-c.1400 - Construction of west towers
1528 - Old steeple destroyed by lightning; construction of the grand clocher doré completed c.1533
Text by Stephen Murray
10 сен 2024
