Sacred

ISBN: 9780199250738
Published by : Oxford University Press
This impressively detailed comparative study of the lives of the monks of England's Benedictine Cathedral Priories, draws upon, and acts as a sequel to, the huge array of data collated by the author in her Biographical Register of the English ... .... 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: 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: 9781843836674
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The Cistercians (White Monks) were the most successful monastic experiment to emerge from the tumultuous intellectual and religious fervour of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. By around 1150 they had established houses the length and breadth... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843836803
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This major new study offers a detailed analysis of the architecture of Bristol Cathedral (St. Augustine's Abbey as was) during the Middle Ages. From the Romanesque chapter house to the Perpendicular cloister the Cathedral boasts examples of eac... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300175691
Published by : Yale University Press
This fascinating book recounts the extensive building programme that took place at Canterbury Cathedral Priory, England, from 1153 to 1167, during the time when Thomas Becket served as Royal Chancellor and then as archbishop of Canterbury. Mas... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308142
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
A comprehensive study of the construction of a small Victorian church, designed in the Gothic style, and its associated parsonage. Allen details the architect, the composition of the workforce, the materials used, the progress of the building ... .... Learn More