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Chartres Cathedral

four common types of vault

Amiens Cathedral

Basilica of Saint-Denis

Notre-Dame de Paris

Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, Eng.

Lincoln Cathedral: St. Hugh's Choir

West facade of Wells Cathedral, Somerset, Eng.

The north rose window in Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France.

Reims Cathedral: rose window

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