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Chartres Cathedral
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Noun1.Chartres Cathedral - a Gothic cathedral in northern France; built in 13th century
Chartres - a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral


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Under a specific subtitle of Great Gap, he then spells out what he means by blank history by saying: "So far as our subject is concerned, we may safely leap over 500 years to the epoch of St Thomas Aquinas (1225--1274) whose Summa Theologica is in the history of thought what the western spire of the Cathedral of Chartres is in the history of architecture.
Pilgrims spend two nights camping and on the Monday after Pentecost approach the beautiful cathedral of Chartres which is reputed to hold the veil of Our Lady.
No peek into the future of science publishing is complete without a mention of John Gribbin, author of more than 100 volumes and yes, there he is again with his co-author Mary Gribbin and Flower Hunters (Oxford) in the spring; or Philip Ball, in there twice, once with Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts (Oxford) and again with Universe of Stone (Bodley Head), a look at the world of Gothic that culminated in the cathedral of Chartres.
 
 
 
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