Notre Dame
Notre Dame names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below. 1 of them is described by more than one encyclopedia.
Notre Dame no'tr dam, the cathedral of Paris
Described by 2 of the 6 encyclopedias.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
no'tr dam, the cathedral of Paris. It is one of the most renowned churches, not only of France, but of the world. It stands on an island in the Seine in the very center of the original city. It was founded in 1163. It was two centuries in building. As seen now it seems to stand low on the ground. It was approached formerly by a flight of thirteen steps, but the streets have been graded up until they are on a level with the main floor. The cathedral has the general form of a Latin cross. The transept is 417 feet long and 156 feet wide. The vaulting of the nave is 110 feet high, and is carried by seventy-five pillars. The vaulting of the aisles is lower, so that light can enter the clerestory of the nave through thirty-seven large windows. The organ is a magnificent instrument with 5,246 pipes and eighty-six stops. The pulpit is considered one of the finest specimens of modern wood-carving. The facade, or western front, is entered by three recessed portals. They were formerly adorned by many fine statues, but, during the French Revolution , Notre Dame was for a time condemned to destruction. The mob knocked off much of the sculpture. The facade has three stories. In the center of the second story there is a beautiful rose window forty-two feet in diameter. An unfinished tower rises from each corner of the western front. A bell weighing sixteen tons, one of the largest in use, hangs in the southern tower. The clapper weighs half a ton.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a title of the Virgin Mary, and the name of many churches in France, and particularly of the great cathedral at Paris, which was founded in the 12th century. The corner stone of Notre Dame de Paris was laid in 1163 by Pope Alexander III., but the building was not finally completed for 100 years. In 1845 the church was thoroughly restored, and the edifice became one of the most imposing in all ecclesiastical architecture. The interior is 132 yards long, 53 yards wide, 37 yards high, and contains 37 chapels. The great bell in the S. tower which weighs about 30,000 pounds, was cast in 1686; and the stained glass of the three famous rose windows dates from the 13th century.
Notre Dame UNIVERSITY OF, an educational institution in Notre Dame
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
UNIVERSITY OF, an educational institution in Notre Dame, Ind.; founded in 1842 under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 128; students, 1,200; president, Rev. John Cavanaugh, D. D.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The cathedral described here burned on 15 April 2019, when a fire that began in the roof space consumed the timber lattice known as the "forest" and brought down the spire added during the restoration Collier's praised in 1921 (the work of Viollet-le-Duc, begun 1844). The stone vaults largely held, the two western towers survived, and the great bell of the south tower and the 13th-century rose glass that both accounts single out came through intact. After a five-year, roughly €700 million rebuild, the cathedral reopened on 8 December 2024 with the spire reconstructed to its 19th-century design. The University of Notre Dame, listed in 1921 with 1,200 students, now enrols well over 12,000.
Written for this edition, 2026.