Rochester Cathedral, 604-1540
An Architectural History
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Word Count
87,500 words, Guess
Page Count
350 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7873118M
- ISBN-139780802042224
- ISBN-100802042228
- OCLC Control Number39664625
- Library of Congress Control Numbercn98931662
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- Goodreads6857284
Classifications
- LCCNA5471.R7.M33 1999
Description
"The aim of this study is to provide an architectural history of the medieval fabric of Rochester Cathedral, from its Saxon origins to the time of the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. The author places the development of the building in its artistic context by using comparisons with roughly contemporary buildings in order to assess the cathedral's significance, importance, and originality. Through an analysis of the surviving building and an examination of the documents relating to several campaigns of restoration, primarily in the nineteenth century, a new chronology for several phases of the building is proposed, significantly revising the conclusions of the standard work on the cathedral, that of W.H.St.J. Hope, published in 1898/1900. The study also takes into account the extensive body of literature that has developed since Hope's study, on the Anglo-Saxon, Romanesque, and Gothic periods in Britain."--BOOK JACKET.
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