Term used to describe the last stage of development of medieval art in western and central Europe. An organic connection with the traditions of EARLY GOTHIC and HIGH GOTHIC is implied, yet at the same time the specific character of the period is stressed. The chronological limits and dominant features of the style are variously defined, according to the criteria adopted by historians.

• Gothic... (cont.)
  • Bibles... (cont.)
    • Bibles moralisées... (cont.)
      • Gothic, §IV, 5(ii): Painting: Parisian and related styles, c 1240–c 1320
      • Gothic, §VIII, 2: Stained glass: France
      • Typological cycles, §2: 12th century and later
    • Biblia pauperum
      • Bible, §I, 3(ii): Christian: Biblia pauperum
  • block-books
    • Germany, §III, 2(i)(b): Painting and graphic arts: `International’ and Late Gothic: Graphic arts
  • book covers
    • Gothic, §V, 3: Metalwork: Low Countries
  • Books of Hours
    • Gothic, §IV, 1(ii): Painting: Lay patronage and subject-matter
    • Gothic, §IV, 5(vi)(b): Painting: France, c 1300–c 1350
    • Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists, §I: Master of the Brussels Initials
  • borders (manuscript)
    • Border, manuscript
    • Heraldry, §II, 4(vii)(a): Western heraldry in art: Manuscripts
    • Manuscript, §III, 2(i)(c): Forms of illumination: Borders
  • bosses
    • Gothic, §III, 1(ii)(c): Stone sculpture in the British Isles: 14th century
    • Naumburg, §1(ii): Cathedral sculpture and furnishings
  • box-wood
    • Stoss, Veit, §1(i)(c): Sculpture: Nuremberg, 1496–c 1515
  • brass
    • Gothic, §V, 4: Metalwork: Holy Roman Empire
    • Vischer: (2) Peter Vischer (i)
  • brasses (monumental)
    • Brasses, monumental
    • London, §III, 2: Art life and organization, 1066–1535
  • brick
    • Brick, §II, 3(i)(g): Eastern Europe and Russia, before 1600
    • Gothic, §II, 2(vi)(b): Architecture, late 13th century–the 16th: Southern Italy, the Veneto & Lombardy
  • bronze
    • Florence, §IV, 1(ii)(c): Baptistery doors
    • Gothic, §V, 7: Metalwork: British Isles
  • busts
    • Jean de Liège (i)
  • buttresses
    • Buttress, §1: Wall
    • Buttress, §2: Flying
    • Early Gothic
  • cabinets (ii) (furniture)
    • Belgium, §VI, 1: Furniture, before 1600
  • capitals
    • Capital
    • Stiff-leaf
  • castles
    • Balearic Islands
      • Balearic Islands
    • Italy
      • Castel del Monte
    • Poland
      • Malbork Castle
    • Romania
      • Hunedoara Castle
    • Slovakia
      • Bratislava, §2: Urban development
    • Sweden
      • Helsingborg, §1: Castle
    • Wales
      • James of St George, §2: Works
  • cathedrals
    • Masonry, §III, 1: Structure: Introduction
    • Masonry, §III, 2(i): Structural theory: The material
    • Masonry, §III, 2(iv): Structural theory: Settlement and cracking
    • Masonry, §III, 4: The Gothic structure
    • Austria
      • Vienna, §V, 1: Stephansdom
    • Belgium
      • Brussels, §V, 1: Cathedral
      • Tournai, §4(i)(b): Cathedral architecture: Choir
      • Ypres, §1: Cathedral of St Martin
    • Catalonia
      • Church, §IV, 3(iv): Roman Catholic liturgical furnishings: Screens
    • Cyprus
      • Famagusta, §2: Cathedral
      • Nicosia, §1: Cathedral
    • Czech Republic
      • Prague, §IV, 2(i)(c): Cathedral architecture: The Gothic cathedral of St Vitus
    • Denmark
      • Roskilde, §1: Cathedral
    • England
      • Bristol, §4(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Canterbury, §III, 1(iv): Cathedral architecture, 1174–84
      • Canterbury, §III, 1(v): Cathedral architecture, after 1184
      • Decorated style
      • Ely Cathedral, §1(ii)(iii): Architecture: Galilee porch: Presbytery
      • Exeter, §1(i)(b): Gothic cathedral architecture
      • Gothic, §II, 1(iii)(b): Architecture in the British Isles: From Canterbury to Westminster, 1185–1245
      • London, §V, 1(i): Old St Paul’s Cathedral
      • Peterborough, §1: Cathedral
      • Salisbury, §2(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Wells, §1(i)(a): Cathedral architecture, c 1185–1240
      • Wells, §1(i)(b): Cathedral architecture, c 1275–1547
      • Winchester, §III, 1(ii)(b): Cathedral architecture, after c 1200
      • York, §III, 1(i)(b): Minster: Architecture, after c 1225
    • England: Early Gothic
      • Wells, §1(ii): Cathedral sculpture
    • France
      • Albi, §1: Cathedral
      • Amiens, §1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Angers, §2(i)(a): Cathedral architecture
      • Arras, §3: Cathedral
      • Bourges, §II, 1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Bourges, §II, 1: Cathedral
      • Chartres, §I, 1(ii)(b): Cathedral architecture: 1194 and after
      • Chartres, §I, 1(ii): Cathedral architecture: Present building
      • Coutances Cathedral
      • Laon, §1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Laon, §1(i)(a): Cathedral architecture: The building
      • Laon, §1(ii): Cathedral sculpture
      • Le Mans, §1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Narbonne, §1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Paris, §V, 1(i): Notre-Dame: Architecture
      • Paris, §V, 1(ii): Notre-Dame: Sculpture
      • Reims, §IV, 1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Rouen, §IV, 1(i)(b): Cathedral architecture: Gothic
      • Rouen, §IV, 4: St Ouen
      • Sens, §1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Strasbourg, §III, 1(ii): Cathedral architecture, c 1200–1521
      • Style, §3(ii): Towards an understanding of style: Physiognomy
      • Troyes, §3(i)(a): Cathedral architecture
    • France: Flamboyant style
      • Chambiges: (1) Martin Chambiges
    • France: High Gothic
      • Auxerre, §1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Beauvais, §1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Soissons, §1: Cathedral
    • France: Rayonnant style
      • Rayonnant style
    • Germany
      • Böblinger: (3) Matthäus Böblinger
      • Cologne, §IV, 1: Cathedral
      • Cologne, §IV, 1(i): Cathedral architecture
      • Erfurt, §1: History and urban development
      • Gerthener, Madern
      • Schwäbisch Gmünd, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, §1(i): Architecture: The nave
      • Ulm, §2(i)(b): Minster: Sculpture
    • Germany: Transitional style
      • Transitional style, §2: Figural arts
    • Greece
      • Andravida
    • Ireland
      • Cashel
      • Cashel, §1: Architecture
    • Italy
      • Cremona
      • Gothic, §II, 2(vi)(a): Architecture, late 13th century–the 16th: Introduction to Italy
      • L’Aquila
      • Milan, §IV, 1(i)(a): Cathedral architecture, before c 1400
      • Prato
      • Siena, §III, 1(i)(b): Cathedral architecture: Present cathedral
      • Trieste
    • Netherlands, the
      • ’s Hertogenbosch, §2: St Janskerk
    • Poland
      • Kraków, §IV, 1: Wawel Castle
      • Kraków, §IV, 2(i): Wawel Cathedral: Main church
    • Scotland
      • Glasgow, §3: Cathedral
    • Spain
      • Burgos, §2(i)(a): Cathedral architecture
      • Gothic, §II, 2(vii)(a): Architecture: Catalonia, to c 1450
      • Palma de Mallorca
      • Salamanca, §2(i): Old Cathedral
      • Salamanca, §2(ii): New Cathedral
      • Sigüenza
      • Toledo, §IV, 1: Cathedral architecture
      • Valencia, §1: History and urban development
      • Zamora, §2: Cathedral
    • Sweden
      • Uppsala, §2: Cathedral
    • Switzerland
      • Geneva, §1: History and urban development
  • chalices
    • England
      • England, §IX, 1(i): Gold and silver, before 1450
    • Hungary
      • Gothic, §V, 5: Metalwork: Eastern Europe
      • Gothic, §VI, 4: Filigree enamels
    • Italy
      • Gothic, §V, 6: Metalwork: Italy
  • chapels
    • chantry
      • Church, §II, 3(i)(d): Roman Catholic liturgical arrangement: High Middle Ages
    • Czech Republic
      • Zvíkov Castle
    • England
      • Cambridge (i), §2(i): King’s College Chapel: Architecture
    • France
      • Avignon, §3(ii)(a): Palais des Papes: Architecture
    • Lady
      • Glastonbury Abbey, §2(i): Later history: Lady chapel
    • Saintes-Chapelles
      • Sainte-Chapelle
  • chapter houses
    • Chapter house, §1: Architecture
    • Maulbronn Abbey, §2: Monastic buildings
  • chasubles
    • Gothic, §IX, 3: Silk fabrics
    • Vestments, ecclesiastical, §1(ii): Pre-Reformation: Mass vestments
  • chests
    • Chest
  • choir-stalls
    • Choir-stalls, §1: Function
    • Choir-stalls, §2: Production
    • Gothic, §III, 2(iii)(c): Wood sculpture in the Holy Roman Empire, 1420–1500
    • Gothic, §III, 2(ix)(b): French wood sculpture: 15th century
  • churches
    • Acoustics, §2(i): Churches
    • Gothic, §IV, 2(iv): Wall painting
    • Suger
    • Austria
      • Heiligenkreuz Abbey
    • Belgium
      • Antwerp, §I, 1: History and urban development, before 1585
      • Antwerp, §IV, 1: Cathedral
      • Belgium, §II, 1: Architecture, before c 1400
    • Czech Republic
      • Jihlava
      • Kutná Hora, §2: St Barbara
    • decoration
      • Church, §III, 3(i): Medieval European decoration: Wall painting
    • England
      • Bury St Edmunds, §1: History and urban development
      • Glastonbury Abbey, §2(ii): Later history: Great Church
      • Gloucester, §2(ii): Cathedral, 1327 and later
    • France
      • Carcassonne, §2: St Nazaire
      • Colmar, St Martin
      • Gothic, §II, 1(ii)(b): French architecture: The first synthesis and the quest for height, 1150–90
      • Paris, §V, 2(i): Sainte-Chapelle: Architecture
      • Pontigny Abbey, §2: Architecture
      • Reims, §IV, 2: St Nicaise
      • Rouen, §IV, 3: St Maclou
      • Saint-Denis Abbey, §I, 2: Architecture: Early Gothic
      • Saint-Denis Abbey, §I, 3: Architecture: Rayonnant
      • Toulouse, §1(i): History, urban development and art life, before 1562
    • France: Early Gothic
      • Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, abbey church of, §1: Architecture
    • France: Rayonnant style
      • Troyes, §3(ii): St Urbain
    • Germany
      • Böblinger: (7) Hans Böblinger III
      • Dinkelsbühl
      • Ensinger: (2) Matthäus Ensinger
      • Essen, §1: Minster
      • Frankfurt am Main, §1: History and urban development
      • Landshut, §2: St Martin
      • Lübeck, §1: History and urban development
      • Marburg, Elisabethkirche, §1: Architecture
      • Nuremberg, §IV, 1(i): St Sebaldus: Architecture, sculpture and painting
      • Nuremberg, §IV, 2: St Lorenz
      • Trier, §3(iii): Liebfrauenkirche
      • Xanten, §1: Collegiate church
    • Germany: Late Gothic
      • Nördlingen, §1: St Georg
    • hall
      • Soest, §2(i): St Maria zur Wiese: Architecture
    • Hungary
      • Sopron
    • Italy
      • Bologna, §IV, 2: S Petronio
      • Cistercian Order, §I: Introduction
      • Florence, §IV, 4: Santa Croce
      • Loreto, §II, 1(i)(a): S Maria di Loreto: Basilica architecture
      • Naples, §IV, 2: S Lorenzo Maggiore
      • Venice, §IV, 3: SS Giovanni e Paolo
    • Netherlands, the
      • Amsterdam, §V, 1: Oude Kerk
      • Leiden, §1: History and urban development
      • Netherlands, the, §II, 2(i)(b): Religious architecture, c 1200–c 1500: Gothic
    • Poland
      • Brunsberg, Hinrich
      • Chelmno
      • Debno Church
    • Portugal
      • Portugal, §II, 2(i): Architecture, after c 1500: From the Manueline style to Mannerism
      • Tomar Abbey
    • Slovakia
      • Bardejov
    • Spain
      • Barcelona, §I, 1: History and urban development, before 1850
      • Gil de Hontañón: (3) Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, §2: Writings
  • ciboria (i) (vessels)
    • Ciborium (i), §2(i): Development, before the 16th century
  • clerestories