Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . ilding seems tohave been finished in 1281, according to his Pierre de Montereau is generally supposed to have ChapeKete been tne architect of the Ste Chapelle at Paris, whichwas built by Louis IX between 1245 and 1248, toreceive the inestimable relic of the Crown of king had bought this at an enormous price fromConstantinople, and the rival crown, which the monks ofS. Denis pretended to show, was entirely thrown intothe shade by this new acquisition. The Sainte Chapelle(Plate XXXV) was the private chapel of the Royal
Gothic architecture in France, England, and Italy . ilding seems tohave been finished in 1281, according to his Pierre de Montereau is generally supposed to have ChapeKete been tne architect of the Ste Chapelle at Paris, whichwas built by Louis IX between 1245 and 1248, toreceive the inestimable relic of the Crown of king had bought this at an enormous price fromConstantinople, and the rival crown, which the monks ofS. Denis pretended to show, was entirely thrown intothe shade by this new acquisition. The Sainte Chapelle(Plate XXXV) was the private chapel of the Royal Palacewhich is now incorporated in the modern Palais de has an upper and lower storey: the lower one, depressedand vaulted with an interior row of columns, served theroyal retainers, the upper contained the sacred relics,and was used by the Court. A winding stair in a turretat the corners connects the two together. The upper chapel which measures 115 ft. x 36 ft. and66 ft. in height, is very simple in plan, consisting of four Plate XXXV. PARIS SAINTE CHAPELLE CH. VIl] STE CHAPELLE *35 straight bays with large four-light windows, and seven Paris,narrow bays with two lights forming the apse (Fig. 52). chapeHe*6There being no aisles, the vaults, which are quadripartite,are sustained directly by buttresses. These buttressesare in fact walls set at right angles to the interior, andthere are no others from the window cills upwards : thewhole structure is a lantern of glass, divided by veryslender spars or piers of masonry. In the windows we find the system of Gothic traceryperfectly developed without any of the tentative attemptsthat we see at Reims. But the subject of window
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