The choir screen in the ambulatory is undoubtedly one of the most admired parts of Chartres Cathedral, with its perfectly […]
Category: Lectures
Fragments from the Gothic Choir screen dispersed in the United States by Prof Jennifer Feltman, University of Alabama
In 1763, the Gothic choir screen or jubé of the Cathedral of Chartres was demolished during a period of liturgical change. During […]
Exploring the Chartres Labyrinth in its Original Context – February 13, 2025
The labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral, the largest “decorative” feature in the building, was installed in the floor of the nave […]
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 […]
