Chartres

This short illustrated history examines Chartres Cathedral as a built object: the fire of 1194, the campaign that raised the present church, the sculpture of the portals, the stained glass, and the labyrinth. Ward describes how masons, donors, and the cult of the Virgin shaped the work, and how later centuries used and restored the building. The emphasis is on construction and meaning rather than on a life of any bishop. The book is an architectural and historical essay on one cathedral, not a guidebook of the modern town.

Bound in dark red cloth decorated in silver. Pale grey flecked endleaves. Red wrap-around picture printed slipcase. The Presentation Volume in 1987 for British Commonwealth and European members and in 1988 for North American members.