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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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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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