Download or read book Secrets of King s College Chapel written by Nigel Pennick and published by Aeon Books Limited. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, King's College Chapel is the iconic image of the City of Cambridge. The chapel was founded in 1446 by the mystically-inclined King Henry VI, known in his time as "the royal saint." The king gave his builders complete instructions for a magnificent chapel of cathedral dimensions, every part of which had a mystical and spiritual meaning. This "final flowering of the Great Work' was designed from the principles of sacred geometry, laid out and orientated by the ancient geomantic practice of the operative masons who built it. This book gives an historic overview of the chapel, and a summary of its construction, notable for its stunningly beautiful fan-vaulting and exceptional stained glass which still exists in its entirety. Although the chapel's original significance as a symbolic structure has been eroded over the centuries, it remains a place of wonder and reverence for countless thousands of visitors and those who watch on television the annual Christmas carol festival broadcast from there every year.

Download or read book King s College Chapel Cambridge written by King's College (University of Cambridge) and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book King s College Chapel Cambridge written by Catherine H. L. Smart and published by . This book was released on 2004-12-31 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Account of King s College Chapel in Cambridge written by Thomas James and published by . This book was released on 1769 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pains of Glass written by Wendy Beckett and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapel of King's College, Cambridge, is one of England's greatest architectural treasures, and is visited by about two million people every year. It contains the country's finest collection of 16th-century stained glass, and one of the best in Europe, but from ground level much of the glass is rendered almost invisible by distance and the windows' heavy leading.

Download or read book An Illustrated Guide to the Windows of King s College Chapel Cambridge written by King's College (University of Cambridge) and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book King s College Cambridge written by Charles Ryle Fay and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to the Windows of King s College Chapel Cambridge written by Montague Rhodes James and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. First published in 1899, this book provides a description and brief history of the stained-glass windows in King's College chapel, together with explanations of their symbolism. A description of the remains of painted glass in the side chapels is also included. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

Download or read book An Account of King s College Chapel written by Thomas James and published by . This book was released on 1769 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book King s College Chapel written by Thomas John Proctor Carter and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to the Windows of King s College Chapel Cambridge written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Windows of King s College Chapel Cambridge written by Kenneth Harrison and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1952 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Observations on the Construction of the Roof of King s College Chapel Cambridge written by Frederick Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Guide to the Windows of King s College Chapel Cambridge written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book King s College Chapel 1515 2015 written by Jean Michel Massing and published by Harvey Miller. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated, interdisciplinary volume encompasses many aspects of the Chapel’s history from its foundation to the present day. The essays all represent new research, with a particular emphasis on areas that have not been investigated before: Chapel furnishings and art; the architectural engineering of the building and current state of the glass; the history of the Choir and the life of the Chapel, not least in recent centuries. Essays will engage with politics, drama, music, iconoclasm and aesthetics. This will be a serious academic book, but also a visually stimulating and beautiful one. It will contain two hundred and fifty colour reproductions of images of the Chapel - prints, watercolours, oil paintings, photographs, architectural drawings, plans, maps and even postcards, reflecting the many and varied responses that the Chapel has elicited over time.

Download or read book The King s College Choir Book written by Jonathan Rippon and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Choir of Kingâe(tm)s College, Cambridge, is world-famous. Through radio, television and recordings its unique sound has been heard in countless homes on every continent. When King Henry VI founded the College Chapel in 1446, the statutes provided for six clerks (singing men) and 16 choristers. Who could have foreseen that the Chapel would become one of the architectural glories; or that its Choir would be singing to many thousands of visitors each year? The text follows the activities of the Choir through a typical year, featuring the preparations for events.