Excerpt from Medieval Architecture, Its Origins and Development, Vol. 2: With Lists of Monuments and Bibliographies; Normandy and the Ile De France System of N oyon System of Senlis Capitals Normal to Diagonals Flying But tresses Evolution of the Flying Buttress Early Examples Question of their Origin Spires Exterior Design F acades The Plan Cloisters F our - Storied Designs Ornament Profiles Abaci Bases Gri es string-courses - Cor nices Archivolts of Arches Windows and Doorways Diagonals and Trans verse Ribs Pure Ornament Shafts Classical In uence Carolingian and Norman Motives Study of Nature Conventionalization of Flora Capitals Accessory Arts Frescoes Stained Glass Origins and Evolution of the Art In uence on Architecture Beauty of Color Small Pieces of Glass Employed Small Figures Contrast with Modern hiethods Detail Sculpture Origins Schools of the South Classic In uence Provence and Burgundy Sculpture of the Ile de France Architectural Character The Gothic Ideal Iconography Power of Suggestion Essentially Didactic in Character Religion of the Clerks Religion of the People Scholastic Nature of Gothic Imagery The Cathedral an Encyclopedia Symbolism Symbolic Decoration Mystic Numbers Symmetry Biblical Symbolism Hierarchal Rank The Four lviirrors The Mirror of N a ture The lviirror of Science The Mirror of Morals The Mirror of History Unity of the Cathedral Imagery Limitations Imposed on the Artist Attributes Composition The Unity of the Whole Structure Not Symbolic Inclinato Capite Explanation of the Deviated Axis Irregularities Professor Goodyear's Refinements Historical Conditions of the tvvelfth Century La Renaissance Francaise Learning Classic Revival Heresies Economic Revolution Robber Barons curbed Politics Civilization Cities Summary The Communes The Cathedral not a Work of the People Evidence of the Building itself Popu lar Religious Enthusiasm in the Twelfth Century Letter of Haymo The Cult of Carts N 0 Popular Enthusiasm for Architecture Letter of Hugh Suger Cart Cult of Little Practical Service to Architecture A Norman Institution Account of Robert du Mont Summary People and Clergy Rise of the Communes Le Mans Cambrai St. Quentin Beauvais Noyon Mantes Laon Amiens Hostility of Clergy Reims Sens Policy of the King Friction between Bourgeois and Clergy Religion of the People Cure of Souls The Cathedral a Monument of Ecclesiastical Power The Medieval Church The Power of Rome The Age of Faith Wealth of the Church The House of God Ecclesiastical Conditions Reform of the 'ivvelfth Century The Cistercians Cistercian Churches Clairvaux supplants Cluny Decline of Monastic Architecture Car thusian Order Other Orders Mendicant Orders Dominicans and F rancis cans The Militant Orders The Hospitalers The Templars Chapels of the Templars Canons Regular Rule of St. Augustine Collegiate Churches Reform of the Chapters Reform of the Episcopacy - The French Church c. 1200 Summary Territorial Expansion of Gothic Architecture The Master Builders Probably not Monks in the Twelfth Century Evidence The Chroniclers Silent The Medieval Dlonk Jean of Le hians Significance of this Incident Lay Builders at St. Remi The Masonic Guild Master Builders of the Thirteenth Century Their Role Drawings Personal Supervision Master Builder and Client - The Master Builder a Workman Evolution of the Modern Architect Extent of Activity of Master Builders The Masons Free dorn of Design. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com"