Thirteenth-Century Masons’ Marks

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Title
Thirteenth-Century Masons’ Marks
Contributor
Marion Dolan (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Marion Dolan
Identifier
FCAM18020100
Description
Mason’s Mark; Gothic; "Masons' marks” are the signature symbols of masons inscribed on a building's stones, particularly in Medieval Europe. Believed to have been used to tally work completed for payment, they are now used to trace a building's chronology and construction history. At Chartres, John James has used them to propose that the cathedral was erected from the bottom up, instead of either east to west or west to east. See John James, Chartres, The Masons Who Built a Legend.This mason's mark was drawn or photographed at the lower left corner of the west narthex wall as well as at both the upper and the middle third of the North Tower Staircase (below belfry).; Chartres Cathedral
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Cathédrale de Chartres--Pictorial works.
Church decoration and ornament--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.
Church architecture--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.
Christian art and symbolism--France--Chartres--Medieval, 500-1500--Pictorial works.
Geographic Subjects
France
Chartres
Collection
Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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