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Chartres : sacred geometry, sacred space

Title: Chartres : sacred geometry, sacred space / Gordon Strachan ; with architectural drawings by Oliver Perceval.
Author: Strachan, Gordon (Charles Gordon)
Publication: Edinburgh : Floris, 2003.

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Description

111 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 24 cm.

Summary

"Chartres Cathedral continues to attract thousands of pilgrims after over seven hundred years. Gordon Strachan, author of Jesus the Master Builder, believes it is because of a unique combination of the earth energies of the ancient site, the marriage of Christian and Islamic architecture, mysticism and the skills of medieval geometers and craftsmen." "This synthesis has resulted in the creation of a sacred space which still has the power to affect us and help us tune into our divine potential." "This is an inspiring and informative book for anyone interested in religious architecture."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The Sacred Site at Chartres -- 1. The Islamic Origin of the Pointed Arch -- 2. Sacred Geometry and Abbot Suger -- 3. St. Bernard and the Early Gothic Plan -- 4. Of Cubes and Ka'aba -- 5. The Plan of Chartres -- 6. Dionysius the Areopagite and the Unknown God -- 7. St. Denis, Chartres and the Darkness of God.

ISBN

0863153917
9780863153914

LCCN

2020414243

OCLC

ocm51872072
51872072
SCSB-14005322

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library