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Suger's choir at Saint-Denis is consecrated

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The new choir and double ambulatory at Saint-Denis are consecrated after about four years of work. The pointed arch, rib vault and buttress are combined so that the wall between the radiating chapels almost disappears and glass becomes continuous. Suger recorded his intentions in writing, and they are theological - light as a route to the divine - with structure as the means.

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  1. Story
  2. The new choir and double ambulatory at Saint-Denis are consecrated after about four years of work. The pointed arch, rib vault and buttress are combined so that the wall between the radiating chapels almost disappears and glass becomes continuous. Suger recorded his intentions in writing, and they are theological - light as a route to the divine - with structure as the means.
  3. Knowledge
  4. The Gothic rib vault
  5. Basilica of Saint-Denis
  6. Suger's choir at Saint-Denis is consecrated
  7. Connections
  8. Basilica of Saint-Denis
  9. The Gothic rib vault
  10. Chartres Cathedral
  11. Suger's choir at Saint-Denis is consecrated
  12. The voussoir arch
  13. The flying buttress
  14. Durham Cathedral
  15. Chartres Cathedral
  16. Durham roofs a great nave with ribbed vaults
  17. Suger's choir at Saint-Denis is consecrated
  18. The high vaults of Chartres close at about 36-37 m
  19. Fire destroys the roof and spire of Notre-Dame de Paris
  20. Evidence
  21. Reconstructs how Gothic vaults were actually erected, with centring, falsework and sequence as the central problem, and treats the economy of timber formwork as a driver of the rib vault. Supports the STRUCTURE_GOTHIC_VAULT and Gothic site records. V55 verification basis: real and standard, not consulted in this session.
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