The labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral, the largest “decorative” feature in the building, was installed in the floor of the nave […]
Category: Lectures
Who Goes there? Communication through Textiles and Dress in Mid-Twelfth Century Paintings and Sculpture at Chartres. Thursday 16th January, 2025
Between the 1130s and the 1170s, narrative scenes in painted stained glass windows and over life size high-relief stone images […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Designing Chartres Cathedral: A geometrical Perspective
In this lecture held on May 14, 2024, Professors Robert Bork and Ellen Shortell explore the geometric principles that went […]
AFC Inaugural Lecture Video on Notre-Dame de Chartres
We are delighted to present the recorded inaugural lecture on Notre-Dame de Chartres, an emblem of cultural heritage that has […]
Mike Klug’s Series of Lectures
This series of five lectures by Mike Klug is a selective, personalized tour of Chartres Cathedral. Mike Klug was brought […]
Lecture 6: The Colors of Christmas
Click YouTube link for Lecture 6: The Colors of Christmas YouTube Link Help us restore and preserve the cathedral of […]
