Key-works:

The abbey church of Sainte Foy (Saint Faith) at Conques, France. Built c. 1051-1120, and especially the west portal, from c. 1100, carved in sandstone.

Reliquary statue of Sainte-Foy (Saint Faith), from the abbey church at Conques, late 9^th or 10^th century. Gold, silver gilt, jewels, and cameos over a wooden core.

Gold reliquary pendant showing Queen Margaret of Sicily Blessed by Bishop Reginald of Bath (made in England, c. 1174–77).

Nicholas of Verdun (artist), Three Kings’ Shrine reliquary, Cologne Cathedral, c. 1225. Gold, enamel, semiprecious stones.

Ambulatory and radiating chapels, abbey church of Saint-Denis, 1140-45. Architect: Abbot Suger.

Cathedral of Notre Dame (“Our Lady”), Paris. Begun in 1163.

Jamb-figure of St. Theodore from the south portal of Chartres Cathedral (France), c. 1230. Limestone.

Stained glass window from Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, showing the coronation of a king, c. 1243-1248.

Keywords:

reliquary:

pilgrimage:

Romanesque vs. Gothic:

ribbed vaults:

flying buttress:

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