Title of Work
Elevation of Choir
Begin Date
1185
End Date
1215
Description
The choir has two rectangular bays in its western part connected to a shallow apse with 5 radiating chapels. On the arcade level, there is an ambulatory that is separated from the central vessel with large, columnar piers. In the arcade, here is one large arch in the western part, and tow narrower arches separated by a thinner column in each bay farther west. The gallery level elevation has pairs of arched openings supported with thin columns. Each pair is surmounted by a single molding in the form of a round arch. There are two such pairs in the two western bays of the choir and one over each of the chapels. The clerestory has tall windows surmounted by a pointed arch
Country
France
Location
Vézelay
Monument
Ste. Marie-Madeleine
Style
Gothic
Type of Work
Plan
Subtype of Work
Elevation
Category of Work
Choir
Material
Stone
Subjects
Vézelay (Abbey)--Pictorial works.; Sculpture--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.; Church architecture--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Romanesque--France--Vézelay--Pictorial works.
Patron
Abbot Renaud de Semur
Condition
Not Applicable
Bibliography
Photographer
JV
Copyright
Media
Slide-35 mm
Identifier
FVEZ.ARCHITECTURE.SEC.NAVE.LONG.001

Vézelay: Benedictine Abbey of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Church

Elevation of Choir

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