A Graphical Illustration Of The Metropolitan Cathedral Church Of Canterbury

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A Graphical Illustration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Canterbury, Accompanied by a History and Description Collected from the Most Authentic Documents... with Descriptions of Its Monumental Structures and an Account of Its Chapels, Altors, Shrines and Chantries ; Also Comprising Biographical Sketches of the Lives of the Archbishops and Deans of Canterbury, and Historical Notices of the Celebrated Convent of Christchurch, with Lists and Interesting Particulars of Its Deans, Priors and Distinguished Monks. By W. Woolnoth...

William Woolnoth
A Graphical Illustration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Canterbury Accompanied by a History and Description Collected from the Most Authentic Documents with Descriptions of Its Monumental Structures and an Account of Its Chapels Altors Shrines and Chantries Also Comprising Biographical Sketches of the Lives of the Archbishops and Deans of Canterbury and Historical Notices of the Celebrated Convent of Christchurch with Lists and Interesting Particulars of Its Deans Priors and Distinguished Monks By W Woolnoth Book PDF

Author : William Woolnoth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1816
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:459140517

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A Graphical Illustration of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Canterbury, Accompanied by a History and Description Collected from the Most Authentic Documents... with Descriptions of Its Monumental Structures and an Account of Its Chapels, Altors, Shrines and Chantries ; Also Comprising Biographical Sketches of the Lives of the Archbishops and Deans of Canterbury, and Historical Notices of the Celebrated Convent of Christchurch, with Lists and Interesting Particulars of Its Deans, Priors and Distinguished Monks. By W. Woolnoth... by William Woolnoth Pdf

Canterbury Cathedral, Trinity Chapel

David S. Neal,Warwick Rodwell
Canterbury Cathedral Trinity Chapel Book PDF

Author : David S. Neal,Warwick Rodwell
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 779 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789258424

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Canterbury Cathedral, Trinity Chapel by David S. Neal,Warwick Rodwell Pdf

Canterbury Cathedral possesses a unique marble mosaic pavement, dating from the early twelfth century, which has long intrigued scholars and been the subject of speculation and debate. It forms part of the floor of the Trinity chapel, adjacent to the site where the shrine of St Thomas Becket stood, prior to the Reformation. Since the mosaic is older than the chapel itself and partly destroyed a pavement of figurative roundels, laid c. 1215, it must have been moved here from elsewhere in the cathedral. This volume explores the history and archaeology of the Trinity chapel, the pavement and the physical remains of the cult of Becket, based largely on hitherto unrecorded and unpublished evidence. In the early twelfth century, Archbishop Anselm rebuilt the eastern arm of the cathedral, introducing architectural elements from his native Italy, and these included a magnificent mosaic pavement, composed of the most expensive marbles, which lay in front of the high altar. In 1170, Archbishop Becket was murdered in the cathedral, and his body rested overnight on the pavement before being buried in the crypt. Thomas was immediately revered as a martyr, and in 1173 was canonized by the pope; a simple shrine was erected over his tomb. In the following year, a fire (arson) destroyed the eastern arm of the cathedral, precipitating the construction of the present Trinity and Corona chapels, wherein St Thomas’s remains were enshrined. After decades of delay and political strife, the enshrinement took place in 1220, in the presence of Henry III. The shrine comprised a great marble table, supported on six clusters of columns. On top of the table was a marble sarcophagus containing the saint’s body in an iron-bound timber coffin, over which stood the sumptuous feretory, a gabled timber ‘roof’, plated with sheets of gold and adorned with jewels. East of the shrine lies the small Corona chapel in which a fragment of Becket’s skull was separately encased in a ‘head-shrine’, and to the west a large area was paved with forty-eight figurative stone roundels, created by French artisans. All around, stained-glass windows display the early miracles of Becket. The layout of the Trinity chapel underwent transmutations, first around 1230, when the mosaic pavement was taken up from the old presbytery, reduced in size and relaid in front of Becket’s shrine, where is it today. Second, the chapel was reordered in c. 1290, when the podium carrying the shrine was enlarged and the paving around it reconfigured. Medieval tombs were now being installed in the chapels, including those of the Black Prince and Henry IV. The end came in 1538, when Henry VIII ordered the thorough destruction of Becket’s shrines, but a great deal of archaeological evidence remained in the floors, walls and a few surviving fragments of the shrines, all now recorded and discussed in this volume for the first time.

Canterbury and York

John Britton
Canterbury and York Book PDF

Author : John Britton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Cathedrals
ISBN : OXFORD:302677027

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Cathedral Antiquities of Great Britain

John Britton
Cathedral Antiquities of Great Britain Book PDF

Author : John Britton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1821
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z184043908

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Cathedral Antiquities

John Britton
Cathedral Antiquities Book PDF

Author : John Britton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Cathedrals
ISBN : HARVARD:32044033099425

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Cathedral Antiquities: Cantebury and York

John Britton
Cathedral Antiquities Cantebury and York Book PDF

Author : John Britton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Cathedrals
ISBN : PSU:000049026139

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Medieval Art, Architecture & Archaeology at Canterbury

Alixe Bovey
Medieval Art Architecture Archaeology at Canterbury Book PDF

Author : Alixe Bovey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351558617

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Medieval Art, Architecture & Archaeology at Canterbury by Alixe Bovey Pdf

"From the time of the foundation of its cathedral in 597, Canterbury has been the epicentre of Britain's ecclesiastical history, and an exceptionally important centre for architectural and visual innovation. Focusing especially but not exclusively on Christ Church cathedral, this legacy is explored in seventeen essays concerned with Canterbury's art, architecture and archaeology between the early Anglo-Saxon period and the close of the middle ages. Papers consider the relationship between between architectural setting and liturgical practice, and between stationary and movable fittings, while fresh insights are offered into the aesthetic, spiritual, and pragmatic considerations that shaped the fabric of Christ Church and St Augustine's abbey, alongside critical reflections on Canterbury's historiography and relationship to the wider world. Taken together, these studies demonstrate the richness of the surviving material, and its enduring ability to raise new questions.