Suger's choir at Saint-Denis is consecrated
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.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Basilica of Saint-Denis · site · France
- The Gothic rib vault · technology system · Western Europe · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals: A Study of Medieval Vault Erection
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.
Oxford University Press, John Fitchen · 1961 · Partly verified
Fitchen, J., The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals: A Study of Medieval Vault Erection, Oxford University Press, 1961
Recorded on Basilica of Saint-Denis
- Durham roofs a great nave with ribbed vaults
- Suger's choir at Saint-Denis is consecrated
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