Stephen Murray is Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. He is the author of Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens: The Power of Change in Gothic (1996), Beauvais Cathedral: Architecture of Transcendence (1989), and Building Troyes Cathedral: The Late Gothic Campaigns (1987).

• List of Plates Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Occasions and Audience 2. Structure and Content 3. Rhetorical Strategies: The Art of Persuasion 4. Portals and Preaching: Image and Word Conclusion: Looking for "Reality" Sermon in Honor of the Mother of God, Saint Mary of Amiens: Text and Translation Appendix: Sources Quoted in the Sermon Notes

Stephen Murray is Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. He is the author of Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens: The Power of Change in Gothic (1996), Beauvais Cathedral: Architecture of Transcendence (1989), and Building Troyes Cathedral: The Late Gothic Campaigns (1987).

• List of Plates Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Occasions and Audience 2. Structure and Content 3. Rhetorical Strategies: The Art of Persuasion 4. Portals and Preaching: Image and Word Conclusion: Looking for "Reality" Sermon in Honor of the Mother of God, Saint Mary of Amiens: Text and Translation Appendix: Sources Quoted in the Sermon Notes

Stephen Murray is Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. He is the author of Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens: The Power of Change in Gothic (1996), Beauvais Cathedral: Architecture of Transcendence (1989), and Building Troyes Cathedral: The Late Gothic Campaigns (1987).

• List of Plates Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Occasions and Audience 2. Structure and Content 3. Rhetorical Strategies: The Art of Persuasion 4. Portals and Preaching: Image and Word Conclusion: Looking for "Reality" Sermon in Honor of the Mother of God, Saint Mary of Amiens: Text and Translation Appendix: Sources Quoted in the Sermon Notes