The high vaults of Chartres close at about 36-37 m

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1. Story
2. The main structure of the rebuilt cathedral is substantially complete within roughly a quarter century of the fire. The three-storey elevation drops the tribune gallery that earlier Gothic churches used to buttress the nave, and its place is taken by flying buttresses on the outside - which is exactly the trade this Journey is about: the support moves out of the building, and the wall it vacates becomes glass.
3. Knowledge
4. The Gothic rib vault
5. The flying buttress
6. Chartres Cathedral
7. The high vaults of Chartres close at about 36-37 m
8. Connections
9. Chartres Cathedral
10. The Gothic rib vault
11. The flying buttress
12. Basilica of Saint-Denis
13. World Heritage Committee
14. The flying buttress
15. The Gothic rib vault
16. Fire destroys most of Chartres Cathedral
17. The high vaults of Chartres close at about 36-37 m
18. Chartres is consecrated
19. The voussoir arch
20. The flying buttress
21. Durham Cathedral
22. Chartres Cathedral
23. Durham roofs a great nave with ribbed vaults
24. Suger's choir at Saint-Denis is consecrated
25. The high vaults of Chartres close at about 36-37 m
26. Fire destroys the roof and spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
27. The Gothic rib vault
28. Chartres Cathedral
29. Notre-Dame de Paris
30. Notre-Dame de Paris is begun
31. The high vaults of Chartres close at about 36-37 m
32. Evidence
33. Photoelastic model studies of Gothic structures arguing that wind loading on the high roof and clerestory, rather than vault thrust alone, was a principal design driver for flying buttresses, and that upper flyers are best explained as wind bracing. V55 verification basis: real and widely cited; not read in this session, and the argument is summarised here from its reception rather than from the text.
34. Chartres Cathedral, rebuilt from 1194 after fire and substantially complete within a generation, is inscribed on the World Heritage List. V55 verification basis: whc.unesco.org is blocked by the environment egress proxy; inscription year and list reference number are stated from established record and must be confirmed.