cathedrals 5:
photographs, Laon

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Laon cathedral has four tiers of colonnades,
this is only found in a few early transitional gothic churches

Image credit: Michael Leuty

The east rose at Laon cathedral, with three lancet windows below

Image credit: pfjc

East rose window at Laon cathedral

Image credit: AEngineer

west rose, image collage to show full rose pattern
(greyed areas indicate collaged portions)

north rose

Image credit: Axe 02

south rose (very poor image)

Image credit: rosewindows.org

cathedrals – introduction: reading stained glass
gothic cathedral and church construction
cathedrals 1: Rouen and Monet
cathedrals 2: Dax and church iconography
cathedrals 2: photographs, Dax
cathedrals 3: Poitiers, neglected masterpiece

cathedrals 3: photographs, Poitiers / photos 2
cathedrals 4: Angers, heart of the Angevin Empire
cathedrals 4: photographs, Angers
cathedrals 5: Laon, the midst of the gothic transition, with added oxen
cathedrals 5: photographs, Laon

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