Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral

By Titus Burckhardt

Book Overview

This new and revised edition of Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral, is a richly colored window onto the lofty intellectual and spiritual climate that conceived the marvel that is Gothic architecture. Featuring a new appendix with three sections, and a new Foreword by John James, a world authority on Chartres, as well as 25 new illustrations, it cannot fail to inspire the reader to become a pilgrim to Chartres.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933316772
• ISBN13: 9781933316772
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: World Wisdom Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.8"