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Titre(s) : Westminster Abbey Chapter House [Texte imprimé] : the history, art and architecture of 'a chapter house beyond compare' / edited by Warwick Rodwell and Richard Mortimer ; with contributions from Jeremy Ashbee [et al.]
Publication : London (GB) : Society of Antiquaries of London, 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-302 p., [2] p. de pl.) : ill. en coul. ; 31 cm
Collection : English Heritage
Lien à la collection : English heritage
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 287-296. Index
English with summaries in English, French and German.
This volume tells the complete story of the Westminster Abbey Chapter House, which
ranks as one of the spectacular achievements of European Gothic art & architecture
as its builder, King Henry III, intended. Begun in the mid-1240s, & completed within
a decade, its pre-eminence was recognized in its own day
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Rodwell, Warwick. Éditeur scientifique
Mortimer, Richard (1949-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Architecture gothique -- Londres (GB) -- City of Westminster
Art gothique -- Londres (GB) -- City of Westminster
Westminster abbey (Londres)
Indice(s) Dewey :
726.609 42 (23e éd.) = Cathédrales (architecture) - Angleterre
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780854312955 (rel.). - ISBN 0854312951 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46858692s
Notice n° :
FRBNF46858692
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : ch. 1. The chapter house complex: morphology and construction / / Warwick Rodwell
; ; ch. 2. King Henry III and the chapter house of Westminster Abbey / / David Carpenter
; ; ch. 3. The chapter house of Westminster Abbey: harbinger of a new dispensation
in English architecture? / / Christopher Wilson ; ; ch. 4. Westminster and other
two-storeyed chapter houses and treasuries / / Warwick Rodwell ; ; ch. 5. The fabric
of the Westminster chapter house: filling in the gaps from Salisbury / / Tim Tatton-Brown
; ; ch. 6. The monks of Westminster and their chapter house / / Barbara Harvey ;
; ch. 7. The royal wardrobe and the chapter house of Westminster Abbey / / Jeremy
Ashbee ; ; ch. 8. The chapter house as a record office / / Elizabeth Hallam Smith
; ; ch. 9. Sir George Gilbert Scott and the restoration of the Chapter house, 1849-72
/ / Steven Brindle ; ; ch. 10. The sculpture decoration of the Westminster chapter
house portals / / Pamela Tudor-Craig ; ; ch. 11. Wall paintings in the chapter house
/ / Helen Howard ; ; ch. 12. The chapter house decorated tile pavement / / Laurence
Keen ; ; ch. 13. The chapter house glazing / / Warwick Rodwell ; ; ch. 14. The chapter
house doors and their dating / / Martin Bridge.
