Beauvais Cathedral Re-visited . . .

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This post is dedicated to anyone who has visited Beauvais Cathedral, and to anyone who has not visited Beauvais Cathedral, or to those who might have done neither . . . Don't hesitate to go prepare a bowl of Japanese tea before perusing these photographs at your leisure.
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Back in a post on the 11th of June I recounted how I'd gone back to visit Beauvais Cathedral again for the second time in two weeks, to take another look, a solitary look, taking time to gaze more closely at certain details. That was just after the post on June 9th which displayed a few photos taken several days previously in and around the cathedral. I noticed while assembling the photos for this short pictorial essay, that all the images were in portrait layout, as opposed to landscape, for the simple reason that Beauvais Cathedral is all about heights which reach up enthusiastically toward the sky. Landscape format just couldn't do any justice to such a structure; the highest of its kind in Europe.
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The exterior transept and choir, from a bit of a distance . . .
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The south transept's gorgeous gothic facade . . .
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Beauvais Cathedral, started in the 1100's, was never completed. There is a rather severe slate-covered wall where the nave should have joined the transepts.
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At the base of the north transept . . .
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The north entrance doors, details of which were shown in the previous post about Beauvais on 9 June . . .
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The astronomical clock in the cathedral is one of the wonders of clock-making engineering in the world, with 90000 parts . . .
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Structural supports were added about 15 years ago to prevent another collapse.
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The pillars just go up and up and up . . .
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To take this next one I lay down on my back on the floor . . .
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The First World War is remembered here. There is a plaque identical to this one in the Senlis Cathedral.
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An ancient fresco . . .
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There is currently work in progress to protect and preserve the cathedral. The stairs in the scaffolding here made me think of Stairway to Heaven . . .
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