Interior Views, Notre Dame (the Cathedral of Paris)--page 5 (of 5 pages)

1163-1250

		The nave looking toward the chancel The nave consists of eight bays (after entering through the two arcades under the towers). This large cathedral has two aisles on each side of the nave.
The altar and chancel About 1225 the clerestory windows were enlarged and the triforium was eliminated; here (right image--far right), however, the original oculus between the clerestory and gallery remains.
		Sexpartite vaulting in the nave
Looking back toward the entrance with a view of the grand organ pipes Th right image also illustrates another example of incomplete transformation of the clerestory.
		The nave arcade The arches are supported on large cylindrical piers with crocketted capitals.
		Left: vaulting over crossing; center: outermost side aisle
Transept and rose window

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