Series B - Cathedrals

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OTUFM 73-B

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Cathedrals

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  • [1952] (Creation)

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78 glass plate slides

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(1902-1973)

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Series consists of glass lantern slides of various cathedrals, churches, basilicas, abbeys, and monasteries.

Most locations are in France: Albi Cathedral; Amiens Cathedral; Arles Cathedral; Bayeux Cathedral; Beauvais Cathedral; Bourges Cathedral; Carcassonne Cathedral; Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims; Caudebec Cathedral; Cluny Abbey; Coutances Cathedral; Dol Cathedral; Elne Cathedral; Évreux Cathedral; La Trinité, Caen; Le Mans Cathedral; Notre Dame, Chartres; Notre Dame, Paris; Quimper Cathedral; Rodez Cathedral; Rouen Cathedral; Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges; Sainte-Chapelle, Paris; Saint-Étienne, Caen; Saint-Eustache, Paris; Saint-Maclou, Rouen; and Saint-Ouen, Rouen.

Other locations include Rome (Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls; Basilica of Saint Clement; Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo); Prague (Kostel sv. Josefa na Malé Straně; Kostel sv. Václava; Kostel svatého Ignáce; Kostel Panny Marie Vítězné; Kostel svatého Salvátora; Kostel svatého Víta); Leipzig (St. Thomas' Church); Québec (Laval Cathedral); Catalonia, Spain (Monastery of Sant Cugat); and England (Exeter Cathedral; Westminster Abbey).

Series also contains miscellaneous related slides, including examples of Early Christian cathedrals and basilicas and exemplars of French Gothic architecture. Some slides were reproduced from A History of Architecture by Banister Fletcher and Sir Banister Fletcher (published by George Philip & Son, London).

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Slides are grouped by cathedral, and location.

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      Box 2, Box 3

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