Download or read book Inigo s Stones written by Tom Williamson and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a geologist rather than an art historian, Inigo’s Stones has a down to earth narrative which reveals Inigo Jones as a stone expert who dealt with masons to became a shrewd businessman, bringing Portland stones to London, and founding the modern Portland stone industry.Why are so many of London’s famous buildings, for example Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, the Bank of England, the government offices in Whitehall, faced with stones from the Isle of Portland, more than a hundred miles away? Until now the reasons that prompted famous architect Inigo Jones to bring blocks of this creamy limestone all the way by sea from the Royal Manor of Portland and thereby found the modern Portland stone industry had been something of a mystery.Working with archival research specialist James Derriman, geologist Tom Williamson has now reconstructed a scenario that solves the mystery. It is a complex tale that involves the marriage of Inigo’s chief Banqueting House mason Nicholas Stone to the daughter of the City Mason of booming Amsterdam, a nasty incident at the stone-loading pier at Portland and Inigo Jones’s struggles to pay stone workers from King James’s bankrupt Treasury.The new findings presented in Inigo’s Stones also see Inigo Jones studying Roman stones and marbles in Italy with Lord and Lady Arundel, initiating the first geological study of Stonehenge, searching for Portland stones big enough to replicate the Carystian marble monoliths of the Roman temple of Antoninus and Faustina in London and procuring Irish marbles to reflect imperial glory on his friend King Charles I. Inigo emerges not just as a Court propagandist and Vitruvian architect, but also as a resourceful businessman doing his best to cope at a time when the government was even shorter of cash than it is today.Reflecting on the questions raised by Inigo’s work for the Stuart kings, the author Tom Williamson extends the story to cover the whole field of how rulers have used stones and marbles to project imperial power. Focusing on the stones of three once-mighty empires, the Roman, the Mughal and the British, the book ends with a surprising twist.
Download or read book Indigo Stone written by D.N. Leo and published by Narrative Land Publishing. This book was released on with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the bustling heart of London, a timeless love story rekindles. Orla, escaping a past tainted by dark magic, finds solace amidst the city's vibrant streets. Lorcan, her childhood sweetheart, drops everything, driven by memories and love, to search for her in every shadowed corner of the city. Their reunion is nothing short of a fairy tale, a beacon of hope in the urban maze. But even as they bask in their rediscovered love, echoes of their past threaten to disrupt their happiness. With every fairy tale comes challenges, and theirs is no exception. Can their deep bond withstand the haunting specters of dark magic? Or will the very force that once drove them apart resurface to challenge their future? Step into the "Spectrum of Magic," a captivating romantic urban fantasy series in the Multiverse Collection. Immerse yourself in a world where age-old love confronts ancient curses, and heart-pounding action is a constant companion. Titles in the series: White Curse - Spell Breaker Blue Fox - Fate Shifter Indigo Stone - Cursed Stone Red Moon - Magic Unborn
Download or read book Global Heritage Stone written by D. Pereira and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Special Publication is dedicated to heritage stone: those natural stones that have special significance in human culture. Some stones that have had important uses in the past are now neglected because they are no longer extracted. Others are still commercially important, but their heritage uses have not been well documented in widely available sources. The Heritage Stone Task Group of the International Union of Geological Sciences is working to establish a new formal designation of ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ to recognize those stones that have had internationally significant architectural and ornamental uses. The aim is to spread awareness of the cultural heritage aspects of these stones, to help to encourage continued supply for maintenance and repair of important monuments and to preserve historically important quarries. The aim is neither to promote nor to limit these stones for new construction: in some cases continuing commercial use might help to ensure future supplies for building conservation purposes.
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Download or read book Natural Stone and World Heritage written by Dolores Pereira and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heritage stones are those stones that have been used for many years, even centuries, to build the historic buildings and monuments of places around the world. Some of these stones are still being used for construction, but others are no longer used, either because quarries were exhausted or closed or because architects and constructors do not know about their particularities and importance. Several scientific papers discuss many of these stones, and a number of papers are currently being prepared, but this book is the first to emphasize the importance and significance of natural stone in the construction of a city, Salamanca, recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1988. In light of this recognition, Salamanca has a duty to preserve all historic buildings that make up the city by restoring those that are starting to deteriorate centuries after their construction. This book describes the buildings, the stones (all quarried centuries ago in the surrounding area), and the stone quarries, some of them inactive for many years, but that should still allow extraction of blocks on demand to restore and replace damaged specimens in the buildings, preserving the very character that saw the city receive recognition by UNESCO in the first place. There are many other places around the world that should follow this initiative and disseminate the importance of their heritage stones. This book will be of interest to professionals and academics in Geology, Engineering, architectural and artistic work in stone, both construction and conservation, but also to the general public.
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Download or read book The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain vulgarly called Stone Heng on Salisbury Plain written by Inigo Jones and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. It is one of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom and is believed to have been constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC.
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Download or read book A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel and Also of the Isle of Ceylon written by Philippus Baldaeus and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1996 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated From The High-Dutch Printed At Amsterdam, 1672. With All The Adjacent Kingdoms, Principalities, Provinces, Cities, Chief Harbors, Structures, Pagan Temples Products And Living Creatures. The Manners, Habits, Economies And Ceremonies Of The Inhabitants, As Like Wise The Most Remarkable War Like Exploits, Sieges, Sea And Field-Engagements Between The Portuguese And Dutch, With Their Traffic And Commerce. The Whole Adorned With New Maps And Draughts Of The Chief Cities, Forts, Habits, Living Creatures, Fruits Etc; Of The Products Of The Indies, Drawn To The Life, And Cut In Copper Plates, Also A Most Circumstantial And Complete Account Of The Idolatry Of The Pagans In The East-Indies, The Malabars, Benjans, Gentives, Brahmans & Etc. Taken Partly From Their Own Vedam Or Law-Book And Authentic Manuscripts; Partly From Frequent Conversation With Their Priests And Divines; With The Draughts Of Their Idols, Done After Their Originals.
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