➤ Reading material for participants

Study themes:
1) Sacred geometry in architecture and sculpture;
2) Pilgrimage in light, colour and time;
3) Intellectual incubation in the Cathedral school;

Questions
- On the Cathedral
- On medieval architecture
- On Stained Glass windows
- On medieval sculptures
- On medieval thinking - the School of Chartres

Study schedule in HK: 地點：香港視覺藝術中心演講廳 香港堅尼地道7A 時間：19:00 至 21:00 May 25 (Fri.): First lecture : Sacred geometry as symbols [reading assignments on: architecture, art, religion, agriculture, trade, scholarship] June 29 (Fri.): Second lecture : Light, colour and form July 20 (Fri.): Third lecture: Believing and Understanding August 10 (Fri.): Presentation by participants: Getting to Know Chartres September 07 (Fri.) Concluding session: A time and space traveller in light (from participants: a paper of 5000 words)

Study schedule in Chartres: August 19 (Sun.) 06:30 meeting point at Terminal 2E - Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris; 07:30 meeting point at Terminal 2A - Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris; 08:30 Notre Dame de Paris 9:30 Sainte-Chapelle (optional) Adult rate : 8,50 € (Adult group rate : 6,50 € minimum 20 persons) 10:30 Cemetery of Pere Lachaise 12:00 Montmartre 12:45 Lunch Restaurant Fleur de Sel, 32 Boulevard du Montparnasse (Buffet lunch) 15:00 arrival at Hotellerie Saint Yves, Chartres. 16:00 tour of Chartres on a tourist train 16:45 organ concert in the Cathedral 17:15 Vespers 21:00-23:00 Music at the Cathedral and Lights of Chartres [ webpage ] August 20 (Mon.) Topic: Medieval spirit in visible forms * 08:00 Visit the Chartres Catheral - Portals: Royal, South, North , culptures, statues, the towers, gargoyles, flying buttresses * 14:30 Visit the archives of the Mother House of the Sister of St. Paul de Chartres [archivist: Sr Jeanne-Helene: Maison-Mère & Noviciat, 5, rue Saint-Jacques 28000, CHARTRES - Tel. (332) 3721 3699] August 21 (Tue.) Topic: Medieval spirit in light and colour * 08:00 briefing at South Portal * Visit the Chartres Catheral - the stained glass windows , restorations * 14:30 Visit to the Museum of Stained Glass August 22 (Wed.) * 10:00 Visit the Le musée des Beaux-Arts : - information * 12:00 Guided tour of the Cathedral by Malcolm Miller 14:30 - 18:00 Lecture - Chartres Cathedral from an architectural perspective - by John Wong. drawing session (bring along your compass, ruler and paper) Report by participants 19:00 dinner (Le Boeuf Couronné) August 23 (Thu. 農曆七月初七日) Free day. suggested visit: Château De Maintenon suggested celebration: 觀賞七夕節歐洲的星空 August 24 (Fri.) Topic: Medieval people * Visit the Agricultural Museum * Observe or participate the Labyrinth walk 14:30 - 16:00 Lecture - Medieval mentality, Middle Ages and Romanticism - by Nick Chu. Lecture - Medieval intellectuals - by Chan Sze Chi Presentation by participants 18:45 dinner (大世界) 21:00 - Large Stained Glass Window Show at the Cathedral August 25 (Sat.) Topic: Medieval people * Visit the historical sites of medieval river workers: millers, dyers , cobblers , fullers, tanners and tawers. * Visit the Footbridge over the River Eure 19:00 Dinner (Le Moulin de Ponceau) August 26 (Sun.) 7:30 Departure from Chartres 8:45 Versailles: Grandes Eaux passport (25,00 € /person) This ticket allows you to attend and visit - the Grandes Eaux show in the gardens, starting at 09:00 - the Château, - the Châteaux de Trianon, - the Estate of Marie-Antoinette, - the temporary exhibitions. 15:00 departure from Versailles 15:30 St-Denis Basilica Adult rate : 7,50 € (Adult group rate : 6 €, minimum 20 persons) 17:00 departure from St Denis 17:20 CDG airport Transportation map Navette - route plan (pdf) The "Navette" shuttle mini-bus is a vehicle available free to all, serving the parking and the shopping area from the inner city of Chartres. The service operates all year round, Monday to Saturday from 10.30 to 19.30 (no service on holidays). The shuttle serves 12 stops and runs about every 15 minutes. Filibus - route plan (pdf) / with index (pdf) Ticket Unit (1.1 €): Sold by the driver. (half-hour stop-over is free) 10 trips card (9 €): Sold in all Filibus agency . (half-hour stop-over is free) Taxi - Association Chartres Taxis Radio 2000 Train S.N.C.F. Between Chartres and Paris-Montparnasse station, 33 trains run daily travelling from 50 to 70 minutes per voyage. Useful consummers' information - Bonial The Friends of the Cathedral of Chartres Association The Diocese of Chartres Restoration of the Cathedral

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ANCIENT AUTHORS
* On Architecture
by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c. 80 BC -15 BC)(English, translated by Joseph Gwilt, London: Priestley and Weale, 1826)

* De Architectura
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c. 80 BC -15 BC) (Latin, Teubner edition of 1899 by Valentin Rose)

* The First Crusade - The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres
by Fulcher of Chartres(1059—1127)

* Historia Hierosolymitana (Latin)
by Fulcher of Chartres(1059—1127)

* Metalogicon
by John of Salisbury(c.1120-1180)

* Liber Abaci《算盤全書》(1202)
by Leonardo Fibonacci(c.1170–c.1250)

* On Painting and On Sculpture (1435) Italian & Latin
Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472)

* The Art of Measurement - Latin Edition of Die Underweysung der Messung (1532)
by Albrecht Dürer(1471–1528)

* 幾何原本
徐光啓(1562-1633)全集/ 朱維錚, 李天綱主編.上海 : 上海古籍出版社, 2010.


MODERN AUTHORS
* French rural history; an essay on its basic characteristics
by Marc Bloch. Foreword by Bryce Lyon. Translated from the French by Janet Sondheimer

* Chartres Cathedral; with source material and selected critical writings
Branner, Robert.

* Chartres and the birth of the cathedral
by Titus Burckhardt ; translated from the German by William Stoddart ; foreword by Keith Critchlow

* The history of stained glass : the art of light, medieval to contemporary
by Virginia Chieffo Raguin with a contribution from Mary Clerkin Higgins

* History of medieval art, 980-1440
by Georges Duby

* New approaches to medieval architecture
edited by Rob Bork, William W. Clark [and] Abby McGehee

* 中世纪的知识分子
勒戈夫Jacques Le Goff著 ; 张弘译.北京 : 商务印书馆, 1996.

* 圣路易
勒高夫Jacques Le Goff著 ; 许明龙译. 北京 : 商务印书馆, 2002.

* 中世紀文化範疇
古列維奇著 ; 龐玉潔, 李學智譯 ; 龐卓恆校. 杭州 : 浙江人民出版社, 1992.

* 中世纪的奧秘 : 天主教欧洲的崇拜与女权、科学及艺术的兴起
托玛斯・卡希尔著 ; 朱东华译.北京市 : 北京大学出版社, 2011.

* 法国农村史
布洛赫Marc L.B.Bloch著 ; 余中先, 张朋浩, 车耳译.北京 : 商务印书馆, 2009.

* 封建社會
布洛克Marc L.B.Bloch著 ; 談谷錚譯 ; 張家銘校.臺北市 : 桂冠圖書股份有限公司, 1995.

* 走进一座大教堂
范毅舜著.北京市:生活・讀書・新知二联书店, 2006.

* 古蹟入門
李乾朗, 俞怡萍合著.台北市:遠流出版公司, 1999.

* 哥特建筑
路易・格罗德茨基著 ; 呂舟, 洪勤译.北京 : 中国建筑工业出版社, 2000.

* 世界遺產之旅. 上帝聖殿
編撰胡允桓, 邱秋娟.臺北縣新店市 : 風景文化事業股份有限公司, 2003.