The Master Masons of Chartres

by John James

James' analysis of Chartres is likely to be the best and most detailed we shall have.' JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS The great cathedral of Chartres is the most impressive and exciting building surviving from the middle ages, andis preserved almost intact. Yet we know nothing of the men who created it. John James, in this masterpiece of detection, shows how he came to identify the master masons from the stones themselves. His meticulous reading'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0646008056
• ISBN13: 9780646008059
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: West Grinstead Publications
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.