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The Gothic cathedral / Wim Swaan ; with an historical introduction, the cathedral in medieval society, by Christopher Brooke.
LIBRA NA5453 .S95 1981
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swaan, Wim.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cathedrals--Europe.
- Cathedrals.
- Architecture, Gothic--Europe.
- Architecture, Gothic.
- Social history--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Social history.
- Social history--Medieval.
- Europe.
- Penn Provenance:
- Atkin, Tony (donor)
- Atkin , Tony (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Park Lane, 1981, ©1969.
- Summary:
- Illuminates the construction, architectural style, histories, and beauty of thirty-three medieval cathedrals.
- Contents:
- Cathedral in medieval society
- The world of the cathedral builders
- The Gothic style
- How the cathedrals were built
- France: Laon, Paris, Chartres, Rheims, Amiens, Bourges, Coutances, Rouen, Albi, Strasbourg
- England: Canterbury, Lincoln, Wells, Peterborough, Salisbury, york, Ely, Gloucester
- Germany and Austria: Cologne, Freiburg, Regensburg, Ulm, Vienna
- Spain: Burgos, Toledo, Leon, Paplona, Palma, Seville
- Italy: Orvieto, Siena, Florence, Milan
- Glossary
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Elek, 1969.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-326) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Swaan, Wim. Gothic cathedral.
- ISBN:
- 0517343835
- 9780517343838
- OCLC:
- 7554262
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