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[[File:Labyrinthe Gaucher Jean Lou Jean d'Orbais Bernard de Soissons dessin jacques Cellier XVIe html m7e77111d.jpg|thumb|right|Orbais shown top right of [[Labyrinth of the Reims Cathedral|the labyrinth]].]]'''Jean of Orbais''' was a [[13th century]] [[French people|French]] [[architect]], most notably the first of the four architects of the [[Cathedral of Reims]], where he is depicted in the Labyrinth mosaic in the [[nave]] |
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He was born c. 1175 in the [[Orbais-l'Abbaye|village of Orbais]] in the [[Marne]] and made his debut on the construction of the [[Orbais-l'Abbaye#abbey|Abbey Church of Orbais]].<ref>[http://charte.de.fontevrault.over-blog.com/article-32229523.html Le labyrinthe disparu de la cathédrale de Reims] (Charte de Fontevrault).</ref> |
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[[File:Labyrinth in Reims cathedral.jpg|thumb|left|Cathedral Plan showing labyrinth locaion in the nave.]] |
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==Cathedral of Reims== |
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[[File:Labyrinthe 00625.JPG|thumb|right|Reims Cathedral nave.]] |
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[[Image:Reims Cathedrale Notre Dame interior 002.JPG|thumb|Two [[rose window]]s on the Cathedrals west end.]]He saw the design and beginning of construction of the [[Cathedral of Reims|Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims]], on which he worked from 1211AD to 1231AD and 1235.<ref>Über die Reihenfolge der vier Meister von Reims dans : Deutschsprachige Aufsätze, Erwin Panofsky/Karen Michels/Martin Warnke, Akademie Verlag, 1998, p.111.</ref> |
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The overall plan of the [[Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Reims|Cathedral]] was his and he oversaw the first stone was laid may 6, 1211[[Anno Domini|AD]],<ref>(de)Über die Reihenfolge der vier Meister von Reims, op. cit., p.111.</ref> and at the time he was unaware |
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of the [[cathedral of Laon|cathedrals of Laon]], [[cathedral of Soissons|Soissons]] or [[cathedrals of Chartres|Chartre]]s, which his successors would go on to emulate. |
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Jean of Orbais began the construction of the Cathedral from the side by the apse, the southern pan of the transept and the choir, followed by much of the nave, until the fourth span and high walls of the aisles were completed with their windows.<ref>Naert, Dominique (1996). Le labyrinthe de la cathédrale de Reims [Labyrinth of the Reims Cathedral] (in French) p. 96.</ref><ref>[http://catreims.free.fr/art012.html Le Labyrinth.]</ref> |
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It is not known why he ceased to work towards 1228AD, although it is thought he was dismissed due to conflict with the newly appointed Archbishop [[Henri de Braisne]]. |
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He died in 1231 in [[Reims]]. |
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==Abbey== |
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[[image:Orbais-l'Abbaye - Abbatiale -1.JPG|thumb|Abbey [[Church building|church]] [[Orbais-l'Abbaye]].]]The [[Orbais-l'Abbaye#abbey|St. Pierre-St. Paul Church]] was built at the end of the [[12th century]] and early [[13th century]] by Jean of Orbais, one of the architects of the [[Cathedral of Reims]]. The Abbey Church had a length of 78 m with eight bays of [[nave]], Two of which remain today. The architecture is superb and particularly the [[façade]], with its two towers similar to those of the Basilica Saint-Rémi de Reims and the choir with ambulatory with five radiating chapels. There is also [[stained glass window]]s of the 12 century, funerary slabs from the [[14th Century|14th]] and [[15th century|15th centurie]]s, a [[baptismal font]] from the [[16th century]] and the glazed tiles from the 15th century. |
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==References== |
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