Download or read book Westminster Abbey written by Richard Jenkyns and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westminster Abbey is the most complex church in existence. National cathedral, coronation church, royal mausoleum, burial place of poets, resting place of the great and of the Unknown Warrior, former home of parliament, backdrop to the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales—this rich and extraordinary building unites many functions. Westminster Abbey is both an appreciation of an architectural masterpiece and an exploration of the building’s shifting meanings. We hear the voices of those who have described its forms, moods, and ceremonies, from Shakespeare and Voltaire to Dickens and Henry James; we see how rulers have made use of it, from medieval kings to modern prime ministers. In a highly original book, classicist and cultural historian Richard Jenkyns teaches us to look at this microcosm of history with new eyes.
Download or read book The New Guide to Westminster Abbey with Historical Introduction written by Herbert Francis Westlake and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our kings and Westminster abbey written by Agatha G. Twining and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Westminster Abbey written by Mrs. A. Murray Smith and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book the monks of westminister written by and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Westminster Abbey Reformed written by C.S. Knighton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Title first published in 2003. Westminster Abbey occupies a unique position in the religious and royal landscape of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. As the scene of coronations and other great public occasions, it has been the continuing focus of the nation's religious life for half the Christian era. Yet the building itself would not have survived the upheavals of the Protestant Reformation had the institution running it not been itself 'reformed' from monastery into collegiate church. These nine studies discuss ways in which Westminster's new corporate structure evolved in the first century of its existence, and look at some of the personalities who played a part in that process. New research, much of it in the Abbey's own rich archive, opens up previously unseen views of this great church's internal affairs, its relationship with the Crown, and its place in its own locality.
Download or read book The Architects Buried or Memorialised in Westminster Abbey written by Tony Willoughby and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet catalogues in alphabetical order the architects buried and/or memorialised in the Abbey. Their names are accompanied by brief biographies identifying the high spots of their architectural careers. The Appendix is a plan of the Abbey marked up to show where their graves and/or memorials are to be found. Also included are Sir Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor, neither of whom is buried or memorialised in the Abbey. They are deemed to qualify for entry solely because their contributions to the structure of the building are too significant to ignore and may be deemed to constitute their memorials. On the same basis, several of the medieval master masons responsible for the building and extension of Henry III’s church rate a brief mention at the end.
Download or read book Westminster Abbey written by T. W. T. Tatton-Brown and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the history, architecture and monuments of the chapel, the final, exquisite flowering of the gothic style.
Download or read book The Musical Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey written by Warwick Rodwell and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. They comprise: the ‘Great Pavement’ in the sanctuary; the pavement around the shrine of Edward the Confessor; the saint’s tomb and shrine; Henry III’s tomb; the tomb of a royal child, and some other pieces. Surprisingly, the mosaics have never before received detailed recording and analysis, either individually or as an assemblage. The proposed publication, in two volumes, will present a holistic study of this outstanding group of monuments in their historical architectural and archaeological context. The shrine of St Edward is a remarkable survival, having been dismantled at the Dissolution and re-erected (incorrectly) in 1557 under Queen Mary. Large areas of missing mosaic were replaced with plaster on to which mosaic designs were carefully painted. This 16th-century fictive mosaic is unique in Britain. Conservation of the sanctuary pavement was accompanied by full archaeological recording with every piece of mosaic decoration drawn and colored by David Neal, phase plans have been prepared, and stone-by-stone examination undertaken, petrologically identifying and recording the locations of all the materials present. It has revealed that both the pavements and tombs include a range of exotic stone types. The Cosmati study has shed fresh light on every aspect of the unique series of monuments in Westminster Abbey; this work will fill a major lacuna in our knowledge of 13th-century English art of the first rank, and will command international interest.
Download or read book Westminster Part I The Art Architecture and Archaeology of the Royal Abbey written by Warwick Rodwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-27 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Archaeological Association’s 2013 conference was devoted to the study of Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. It also embraced Westminster School, which was founded at the Reformation in the Abbey precinct. Collectively, these institutions occupy a remarkable assemblage of medieval and later buildings, most of which are well documented. Although the Association had held a conference at Westminster in 1902, this was the first time that the internationally important complex of historic buildings was examined holistically, and the papers published here cover a wide range of subject matter. Westminster came into existence in the later Anglo-Saxon period, and by the mid-11th century, when Edward the Confessor’s great new abbey was built, it was a major royal centre two miles south-west of the City of London. Within a century or so, it had become the principal seat of government in England, and this series of twenty-eight papers covers new research on the topography, buildings, art-history, architecture and archaeology of Westminster’s two great establishments — Abbey and Palace. Part I begins with studies of the topography of the area, an account of its Roman-period finds and an historiographical overview of the archaeology of the Abbey. Edward the Confessor’s enigmatic church plan is discussed and the evidence for later Romanesque structures is assembled for the first time. Five papers examine aspects of Henry III’s vast new Abbey church and its decoration. A further four cover aspects of the later medieval period, coronation, and Sir George Gilbert Scott’s impact as the Abbey’s greatest Surveyor of the Fabric. A pair of papers examines the development of the northern precinct of the Abbey, around St Margaret’s Church, and the remarkable buildings of Westminster School, created within the remains of the monastery in the 17th and 18th centuries. Part II part deals with the Palace of Westminster and its wider topography between the late 11th century and the devastating fire of 1834 that largely destroyed the medieval palace. William Rufus’s enormous hall and its famous roofs are completely reassessed, and comparisons discussed between this structure and the great hall at Caen. Other essays reconsider Henry III’s palace, St Stephen’s chapel, the king’s great chamber (the ‘Painted Chamber’) and the enigmatic Jewel Tower. The final papers examine the meeting places of Parliament and the living accommodation of the MPs who attended it, the topography of the Palace between the Reformation and the fire of 1834, and the building of the New Palace which is better known today as the Houses of Parliament.
Download or read book The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of Gilbert Crispin Abbot of Westminster written by Crispinus Gilbertus and published by Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi. This book was released on 1986 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume makes available for the first time the complete works of the important monastic theologian, Gilbert Crispin, friend and pupil of Sr. Anselm and abbott of Westminster from 1085, and includes a completely revised edition of his influential Disputatio Iudei et Christiani.
Download or read book Stained Glass in England During the Middle Ages written by Richard Marks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1993. The first modern study of the medium, this book considers stained glass in relation to architecture and other arts, and by examining contemporary documents, it throws valuable light on workshop organisation, prices and patronage.
Download or read book Studies in the Art and Imagery of the Middle Ages written by Richard Marks and published by Pindar Press. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Richard Lethaby written by Godfrey Rubens and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Richard Lethaby: His Life and Work 1857-1931 focuses on the masterpieces, achievements, and legacy of Lethaby in architecture. The book first underscores the early life of Lethaby and his humble beginnings in the field of architecture. The text then ponders on the craftsmanship and architectural genius of Lethaby as shown in the design of the Stanmore Hall, Avon Tyrrell, The Hurst, Melsetter House, Rysa Lodge, Eagle Insurance Buildings, and High Coxlease. The publication highlights the creative mind of Lethaby through the artistic presentation of SS Colm and Margaret, All Saints' Church, Liverpool Cathedral Competition, and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. The text also takes a look at the works of Lethaby for the London County Council, his early architectural education and training, and his legacy as a theorist and writer. The book is a fine reference for historians, architects, and researchers interested in the works, contributions, and influence of Lethaby on architecture.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Classical Association written by Classical Association (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rules and list of members included in each volume.
