Ambulatory and radiating chapels (looking northeast), abbey church, Saint-Denis, France, 1140-1144.
Aerial view (top), west facade (middle), Old Testament kings and queen, jamb statues, right side of the central doorway of the Royal Portal (bottom), Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1145-1155.
Notre-Dame, Paris, France, begun 1163; nave and flying buttresses, ca. 1180-1200; remodeled after 1225.
Virgin and Child and angels (Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière), detail of a window in the choir of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1170, with 13th-century side panels. Stained glass, 12′ 9″ high.
Rose window and lancets, north transept, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, ca. 1220. Stained glass, rose window 43′ in diameter.
Annunciation and Visitation, jamb statues on the right side of the central doorway of the west facade, Reims Cathedral, Reims, France, ca. 1230-1255.
Interior of the upper chapel (looking northeast), Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France, 1243-1248.
Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris), Notre-Dame, Paris, France, early 14th century.
West facade of Saint-Maclou, Rouen, France, ca. 1500-1514.
Inner facade and courtyard of the house of Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France, 1443-1451.
God as the Creator of the World, folio 1 verso of a moralized Bible, from Paris, France, ca. 1220-1230. Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum, 1′ 1 1/2″ X 8 1/4″. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna.
MASTER HONORÉ, Samuel Anointing David and Battle of David and Goliath, folio 7 verso of the Breviary of Philippe le Bel, from Paris, France, 1296. Ink and tempera on vellum, 7 7/8″ X 4 7/8″. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux, from the abbey church of Saint-Denis, France, 1339. Silver gilt and enamel, 2′ 3 1/2″ high. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
