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HARTRES is one of the most ancient and
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and it
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that its splendid cathedral stands .on)
the site of a n The
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Up to this time, the Cathedral of Chartres had been built principally of
« P c l c ^ i ^ d e r e d ®^Bisi»"dp^
Fulbert laid th^foundation of the present edifice, but it required a large
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'UI|*M^Pture S g whicl||« is adorned appeys toSH^^^-o'rlc^^^^^wolftii
a-^® yte(nth centuries. The portals appear Mgl li w “^ c l j |e ^ y ^ § ^ ^ t h e
-O? the^jt^dffcli 'a
w m m ^ e ’the M r ¥ i ' -(Ji- ltulv.’fe
< ithcdral was struck b^ligbttriin ^ ^ ^ l^tl^Pii-p > f ( r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ra>aS’c---x^iit
^ raS P st ^iptxriamt and
H B | the tower was again firod^by 1 i i u ■ tre»
1674 by. the imprudetK e of^me of ttho^wfjdc kriic n. <■ |TJieSj^t'ari(LjdhWot’ i^Fhi:^
most^deplorable of 'the. mode rnJdUastej s ’pf<lK^ p f e | | ^ M.i (Tarfrc ^ was
great fire which was ^ ^ j M I | tlie l ^ M nne. l& ljfe h e h some
wor^acn wete employed in |tli^ ^ ^ £ ^ This ctilairiity (:^ ^ ^ til« in a n y impor-
taffl^jortiona of the oSih^ ^^'&uWt mar,edj
ornamental parts. “Among ’ffi^ ^ g io t^ ^ ^ ^ ^ itilp o rta n t h ^ ^ ^ ^ fW e s tw ^
sc^ fitures of; the ponals, -whi( h, b rm j^ tl i dm (WEleAc^as works* <fi^art, are