Life of a Cathedral: Notre-Dame of Amiens - tracery

Durand Choir Clerestory and Triforium Tracery

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Choir Clerestory and Triforium Tracery (Durand)

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The work of Renaud de Cormont in the 1250-60s. Renaud favored the trefoil--a form already used by his father Thomas in the nave triforium. Here, below, you see the reverse side of the choir triforium which is glazed, providing abundant light for the interior of the choir. In the clerestory, above, Renaud has elaborated his trefoils with trilobed cusping and capped the entire window with a gable, lending a "post modern" jagged look to the exterior.

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tracery

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Viollet-le-Duc Diagram of Nave Clerestory Window

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Diagram of Nave Clerestory Window (Viollet-le-Duc)

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Viollet-le-Duc Diagram of Radiating Chapel Window

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Diagram of Radiating Chapel Window (Viollet-le-Duc)

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Viollet-le-Duc Diagram of Choir Clerestory Window

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Diagram of Choir Clerestory Window (Viollet-le-Duc)

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Durand West Rose

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West Rose (Durand)

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Probably the work of Master Pierre Tarisel installed c. 1520 this magnificent flamboyant window was given by Robert de Cockerel. The stained glass links the royal lilies with the ivy of Amiens to celebrate the reunification of the city and kingdom after the expulsion of the Burgundians.

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Durand North Transept Rose

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North Transept Rose (Durand)

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Durand Choir Aisle Window

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Choir Aisle Window (Durand)

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This choir aisle window by Master Thomas (1230s) is framed by an arch which is not as steeply pitched as in the nave aisle (1220s). The earlier windows are dominated by an enormous central oculus over two lancets; now we have three smaller oculi of equal size surmounting four lancets.

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Durand Exterior Glazed Triforium

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Exterior Glazed Triforium on the East Side of the South Transept (Durand)

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Durand Nave Triforium Tracery

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Nave Triforium Tracery (Durand)

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The work of Master Thomas, 1230s, the nave triforium features a generously-sized trefoil cut out of a continuous plate of stone (plate tracery). The trefoil surmounts three uncapped lancets.

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Durand Nave Clerestory Window

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Nave Clerestory Window (Durand)

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In the upper nave (c.1240) Master Thomas de Cormont has retained the great central oculus characteristic of the aisle windows but has created four lancets clumped in pairs and surmounted by smaller oculi.

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