Raymond du Temple (fl. c.1360–1405). French master-mason to Kings Charles V (1364–80) and VI (1380–1422) of France. He was involved in work at Notre Dame, Paris, from 1363. Employed at the Louvre, Paris, in 1364, he built the external spiral staircase and made other extensive additions. He was also a consultant at Troyes Cathedral, c.1401, and has been credited with the design of the Château and Chapel of Vincennes (1370s). He designed and built the Chapelle des Célestins (1367–70) and the Collège de Beauvais, Paris (1387), including the chapel.

Bibliography

Henwood (1978);
W. Papworth (1887);
Sturgis et al. (1901–2)

Temple, Raymond du (fl. c.1359–1403/4). French master-mason under Kings Charles V and VI (1364–1422) of France. He became Master-Mason at Notre Dame, Paris, in 1363, was in charge of the building of the Célestins Chapel (1367–70—fragments survive), and built in the 1370s the celebrated Vis du Louvre, an external spiral stair, one of the first monumental stairs in Western Europe. He was involved in the design and building of the Collège de Beauvais, Paris (from 1387), but little of his work survives. He appears to have enjoyed exceptional Royal favour.

Bibliography

W.Pa (1892);
Sturgis et al. (1901–2);
Jane Turner (1996)