Ball, Philip.

Universe of stone : Chartres Cathedral and the triumph of the medieval mind / by Philip Ball. - London : Bodley Head, 2008. - 322 p. ; ill. 24 cm.

Introduction - 1. The isle rises - 2. A change of style - 3. Heaven on earth - 4. Seek not to know higt things - 5. Building by numbers - 6. Masters of works - 7. Hammer and stone - 8. Underneath the arches - 9. Holy radiance - 10. Hard labour - 11. A new beginning - Index.

9780224078634 (hbk.) 0224078631 (hbk.)


Cathédrale de Chartres--History


Church architecture--History--Europe--To 1500.
Architecture, Gothic--History--Europe--To 1500.
Philosophy and religion.
Faith and reason.

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