Main entry:

Simson, Otto von, 1912-1993, author.

Title & Author:

The Gothic cathedral : origins of Gothic architecture and the medieval concept of order / Otto von Simson ; with an appendix on the proportions of the south tower of Chartres Cathedral / by Ernst Levy.

Publication:

New York, N. Y. : Pantheon Books, [1956]
©1956

Description:

xxiii, 307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm + 1 folded chart (color; 58 x 86 cm, folded to 15 x 22 cm).

Series:

Bollingen series ; XLVIII

Notes:
Folded chart in back pocket with title: The Octagon scheme applied to Chartres Cathedral : presented over the Lassus etching (doubled).
Errata inserted.
Folded sheet in back pocket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289).
Gothic design and the medieval concept of order: Gothic form -- Measure and light -- The Birth of the Gothic: Suger of Saint-Denis -- The new church -- Sens and Chartres West -- The Consummation: The palace of the virgin -- The cathedral of Chartres -- Appendix: On the proportions of the South Tower of Chartres Cathedral / by Ernst Levy ; [supplemental chart in pocket with List of plates title]: Chartres Cathedral : West façade [from] Lassus, Monographie de la Cathédrale de Chartres, [entitled]: The Octagon scheme applied to Chartres Cathedral, presented over the Lassus etching (doubled) / [Ernst Levy].
Library copy 2: autograph presentation copy from Philip Johnson to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Subject:

Lassus, Jean Baptiste Antoine, 1807-1857. Monographie de la cathédrale de Chartres Pictorial works Adaptations.
Cathédrale de Chartres Designs and plans.
Cathédrale de Chartres.
Cathedrals.
Architecture, Gothic France.
Order (Philosophy)
Cathédrales.
Architecture gothique France.
Ordre (Philosophie)
order (metaphysical concept)
Architecture, Gothic.
Architecture, Gothic France Chartres.
France.
Chartres (France) Buildings, structures, etc.

Form/genre:

Designs and plans.
illustrated books.
Architectural drawings.
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Levy, Ernst, 1881-1968. On the proportions of the south tower of Chartres cathedral.
Levy, Ernst, 1881-1968, contributor.
Lassus, Jean Baptiste Antoine, 1807-1857. Monographie de la cathédrale de Chartres.
On the proportions of the south tower of Chartres cathedral.
Octagon scheme applied to Chartres Cathedral, presented over the Lassus etching (doubled).
Presentation copies. Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005. Inscription.
Autographs. Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005
Provenance. Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Bollingen series ; 48.

Origins of Gothic architecture and the medieval concept of order
Chart has title: Octagon scheme applied to Chartres Cathedral : presented over the Lassus etching

Holdings:

Location: Library main 187636
Call No.: 7796
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 295350
Call No.: NA4830 .S5 1956
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available