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Amiens Cathedral – Amiens, France, constructed 1220-1269 CE
View looking across to south flank of nave
Note pointed arches, stained glass, trefoil openings of windows, and the “House of
Daedalus/Labyrinth” on the floor
Quadripartite vaulting
Tympanum with scenes of the Last Judgment, Amiens portal façade
Labors of the months and signs of the zodiac in low relief in quatrefoil frames, façade of Amiens
L: “Beau dieu” figure, trumeau of Amiens façadeR: March “Pruning the vines” from Amiens facade