Saskia Ltd. Cultural Documentation

Example 150: Gothic church

[Note: This example illustrates CCO creator display option 3 for unknown creators (CCO page 92). In this example, the "Creator" field is linked to a Name Authority record for unknown. The "Culture" field provides context .]

Work Record
Class [controlled]: architecture  • European art
*Work Type [link]:  • basilica  • cathedral
*Title/Name: Chartres Cathedral Title Type: preferred
*Title/Name: Cathedral of Notre-Dame Title Type: alternate
*Title/Name: Notre-Dame de Chartres Title Type: alternate
*Creator Display: unknown
*Role [link]: architects  *Controlled Creator [link]: unknown  
*Role [controlled]: architects [link]: unknown 
*Creation Date Display:  construction was begun in 1194, consecrated in 1260; parts of earlier Romanesque building remain
[controlled] • Earliest:  1194  • Latest: 1260
*Subject [link to authorities]:  • architecture  • religion and mythology  • Virgin Mary (Christian iconography)  • worship  • cathedrals buttresses
Style [link]: • Gothic  • Romanesque
Culture [link]: French
*Current Location [link]: Chartres (Eure-et-Loir, Centre region, France)
*Measurements: height: 34 m (112 feet); length: 130 m (427 feet)
[controlled] Value: 34  Unit: m Type: height | Value: 130 Unit: m Type: length
*Materials and Techniques:  bearing masonry construction, limestone
Material [links]:  • masonry  • limestone Technique [links]: • load-bearing walls
Description: Noted for innovations in architectural construction and large number of sculptures and much-stained glass windows. The present cathedral was constructed on the foundations of the earlier church; the oldest parts of the cathedral are the crypt and Royal Portal (West Portal), remnants of a Romanesque church destroyed by fire in 1194.

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