Between the 1130s and the 1170s, narrative scenes in painted stained glass windows and over life size high-relief stone images […]
Category: Events
The Manuscripts from Chartres: On the Survival and Revival of the Burnt Library – Thursday 5th December 2024
On 26th May 1944, an accidental bombing destroyed the municipal library of Chartres, severely damaging or completely destroying most of […]
The Illuminated Window: Perspectives on Chartres with Virginia Raguin – In Person event, 31st January, at Alliance Française DC
Please join us in person for an engaging evening with stained glass scholar Professor Virginia Chieffo Raguin on Friday January […]
The Winter Sun in Capricorn: Portal Imagery in Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale and the Cathedral of Chartres
At the dead center of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale, part of his Canterbury Taleswritten in Middle English between 1385-1400, is a striking […]
The Winter Sun in Capricorn: Portal Imagery in Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale and the Cathedral of Chartres
We are very pleased to announce the next free online lecture: The Winter Sun in Capricorn which will be given […]
What’s in a Rose? Glazing the Rose Windows of Chartres Cathedral
Chartres’s three rose windows offer a cohesive and complementary program of themes consisting of the Last Judgment in the western […]
IN-PERSON Jouons! French Game Night
Join fellow students and native French speakers for a fun game night in-person to practice your French! This event is […]
IN PERSON Heure du Conte
On August 17, 2024, the AFDC Library is delighted to invite little readers ages 3 to 7 for a very […]
IN PERSON Do Re Mi, les amis !
Tomorrow, the Alliance Française library is delighted to invite all little musicians to sing and dance with guest artist LAiTH […]
How to read a medieval stained-glass window: The Saint Lubin Window of Chartres Cathedral – Lecture by Mary Shepard
Dr. Mary B. Shepard provided a detailed exploration of the Saint Lubin Window in Chartres Cathedral. Dr. Shepard began by […]
