Talk:Beauvais Cathedral

Reference
For reference, the following article exists: St. Pierre De Beauvais

Published in the early 1900's.

Smithville 07:14, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Media
There was a 30 minute cartoon (drama documentary) on the construction of the cathedral shown in the UK in the 1980's. Can anyone remember the name of the cartoon? --Mattyw 14:28, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Tvbanfield (talk) 21:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Timing of the reinforcement efforts?
As a reader, it would be interesting to me if there was some more information in some more precision when the specific stages of reinforcing the structures were accomplished, even in very general terms, not necessarily even in precise years. As it is, there is no idea conveyed just when the reinforncements were made. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 11:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * The timing is unknown as to the installation of the external support rods made of iron, but it could have been feasible by the 16th century. Whenever they were installed, they were removed in the 1960s thinking that they added to the problem. However the oscillations in strong winds were worse than before, so they were replaced by steel rods. Now they think that the use of steel makes the linked buttresses too rigid. As for the large internal support trusses, they were installed in the 1990s. Likewise, there is fear now that they may also be increasing stresses to the structure. High level computer studies are in progress to sort all this out. I could try to add some of this to the article if desired.Tvbanfield (talk) 21:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


 * That would be awesome!!! -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 02:17, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Usage of "destined"?
The small Romanesque church of the 10th century known as the Basse Œuvre, much restored, still occupies the site destined for the nave.
 * Somewhat unclear on my english usages, but isn't this a slight misuse of the word "destined". Wouldn't "planned", "prefigured", "intended" or "envisaged" or some such be much preferable. To me "destined" denotes something that did indeed come to pass. Which clearly hasn't happened yet. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 17:09, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń?
I've never visited it so I don't know but according to the Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń article that church has a nave height of 98 metres! Now if that is correct this church would well boot the current record holder Beauvais Cathedral with a nave height of 43 metres (under half the height!) into second place.Is this a typing error or what. --Ormie2 (talk) 21:05, 8 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I believe the problem is the use of the term "nave" in the english translation of the Lichen article. The nave is the main body of the church where worshipers congregate. I think that the 98 meter dimension refers to the internal height of the dome. Beauvais is the record holder of the highest vaulted cathedral in Europe with a height of 48 meters.
 * I checked the Polish WIKI article and found from the table that the height of the main nave is 44 meters and the height of the dome is 103.5 meters. I think these are external measurements, not internal, but the article does not make that clear. Thank you Ormie2 for pointing out this error. I edited the English version of Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń, making it clear that it is the central dome that is 98 meters high, not the nave.--Tvbanfield (talk) 16:44, 15 January 2011 (UTC)