As a testament to the correlation between glorious spaces and heavenly thoughts, the Notre Dame de Paris has stood for 750 years as the apex of European religious architecture. Seeking to liberate their creation from the sepulchral atmosphere of the plague-ridden medieval era, the Notre Dame architects conceived of a design more spacious than that of their predecessors. New developments in arched doorways and supports allowed for thinner outer walls and larger windows, including the famous Rose Windows on the cathedral's north, south, and west sides.

作为荣光之地与神圣思想互相关联的证明──巴黎圣母院，至今已有750年的历史了，它是欧洲宗教建筑登峰造极之作。
寻求把他们的创作从世纪黑死病蔓延的死寂气氛中摆脱出来，圣母院的建筑师们构思出比他们的前人更宽阔的设计。而拱形门道和支柱的崭新设计，为较薄的外墙和较大的窗户，包括教堂北、南、西三面著名的“蔷薇花瓣小圆窗”的建造作了准备。

(短文节选,本期开始连载：巴黎圣母院)