Peterborough and the Soke (eBook, PDF)

Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Redaktion: Baxter, Ron; Marx, Claudia; Hall, Jackie

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This ambitious volume casts new light on the Roman occupation of the Nene valley, and the rich Anglo-Saxon sculptural and manuscript context that preceded the construction of the present cathedral.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429508684
• Artikelnr.: 58130945

Autorenporträt

Ron Baxter is an art historian, Research Director of the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, and a member of the Fabric Advisory Committee of Peterborough Cathedral. He specializes in the study and recording of medieval architecture and sculpture, especially in England. Jackie Hall is the archaeologist for Peterborough Cathedral, and also Southwark Cathedral. She specializes in buildings archaeology, especially relating to ecclesiastical complexes, and has a particular interest in building stone and how that relates to different periods and uses. She also works on monuments and loose assemblages. Claudia Marx is an architect and architectural historian. She is Professor of Architectural Conservation and Design at TU Dresden and has been teaching at the University of Cambridge. She also practices as a conservation architect, and has worked on several English cathedrals. Her research interests include 19th-century cathedral restoration and early-20th-century reform movements in architecture.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Roman Buildings in the Lower Nene Valley (STEPHEN G. UPEX); 2.
A relief depicting two dancing deities and other Roman stonework from
Peterborough cathedral (PENNY COOMBE, KEVIN HAYWARD, AND MARTIN HENIG); 3.
The Anglo-Saxon Abbey of Peterborough: A Review of the Evidence (RICHARD
GEM); 4. Anglo-Saxon Sculpture of Peterborough and its Region (ROSEMARY
CRAMP); 5. Contexts of Discovery of Roman and Anglo-Saxon Stone (Jackie
Hall); 6. The 'Missal' of Robert of Jumièges and Manuscript Illumination at
Peterborough c.1015-1035 (T. A. HESLOP); 7. Potestas Petri: Barnack and
Peterborough in the Middle Ages (PAUL EVERSON AND DAVID STOCKER); 8. Abbey
and Town: Post-Conquest Topography and Lay Access (JACKIE HALL); 9.
Peterborough Abbey: the Norman Church (ERIC FERNIE); 10. Architecture
during the rule of Abbot Benedict (1177¿94) (PETER FERGUSSON); 11. Coming
and Going: The Great Gate of Peterborough Abbey as a Zone of Interaction
(HARRIET MAHOOD); 12. The Figure Sculpture of the West Front of
Peterborough Cathedral and Its Setting (JULIAN LUXFORD); 13. What Is the
Subject Carved on the Socle in the West Doorway of Peterborough Abbey?
(CATHERINE OAKES); 14. A Few Ancient Recumbent Effigies of Abbots, Not One
of Which Occupies Its Original Position (RON BAXTER); 15. The 14th-Century
Great Altar Screen of Peterborough Cathedral (STUART HARRISON); 16. The
Trinity Chapel at Peterborough Cathedral (LISA REILLY); 17. The Palm Sunday
Procession, from the Peterborough Abbey Consuetudinal, as a Source for
Topographical Identification (BROTHER SIMON OF YARWELL WITH INTRODUCTION,
TRANSLATION AND NOTES BY T. M. HALLIDAY); 18. The New Building at
Peterborough: Questions of Attribution, Date and Status (FRANCIS WOODMAN);
19. 'Valuable Matter' versus 'Local Twaddle': Peterborough Cathedral and
Architectural Expertise in the Nineteenth Century (ALEXANDRINA BUCHANAN);
20. Peterborough Cathedral in the Late Victorian Period: The Central Tower
and West Front Controversies (CLAUDIA MARX); Index