Medieval

ISBN: 9781843836575
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The papers of the nineteenth-century Surveyors of the Fabric are an essential resource for anyone interested in the building and contents of Westminster Abbey. The Surveyors, Edward Blore, George Gilbert Scott and his son J .O. Scott, J. L. Pea... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521197441
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In the thirteenth century, sculptures of Synagoga and Ecclesia paired female personifications of the Synagogue defeated and the Church triumphant became a favored motif on cathedral façades in France and Germany. Nina Rowe examines the sculpt... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781857596670
Published by : Scala Publishers
This gloriously illustrated, and generously priced offering traces the architectural development of Gloucester Abbey, and subsequently Cathedral, from its beginnings as an Anglo-Saxon foundation, through its stunning remodelling following the b... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781409400653
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Richly illustrated, Early Gothic Column-Figure Sculpture in France is a comprehensive investigation of church portal sculpture installed between the 1130s and the 1170s. At more than twenty great churches, beginning at the Royal Abbey of Saint... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846822742
Published by : Four Courts Press
Blarney Castle, the medieval home of the MacCarthy lords of Muskerry, is one of Irelands best-known castles. Illustrated in full colour, this book brings the castles architecture to the fore, placing it in the context of an expansive native lor... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846823145
Published by : Four Courts Press
Blarney Castle, the medieval home of the MacCarthy lords of Muskerry, is one of Irelands best-known castles. Illustrated in full colour, this book brings the castles architecture to the fore, placing it in the context of an expansive native lor... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780754660620
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
This study examines medieval architectural drawings to offer a new perspective on Gothic architectural creativity. It shows, in a series of rigorous geometrical case studies, how Gothic design evolved over time, in two senses: in the hours of t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407307442
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study examines the use of ceramic building materials in transitional architecture of the 9th-11th centuries in southeast England and northwest France, discussing parallels, and in particular asking whether the materials used were Roman spo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902771861
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
Castles, both ruined and occupied, are amongst the most deeply evocative buildings in the Scottish landscape. This book considers the history of the conservation and restoration of a number of those buildings against the background of what the ... .... Learn More