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Medieval Western

Romanesque Architecture: Design, Meaning and Metrology

by Eric Fernie

24 x 17 cm 435 pp. 220 illus.
£150.00
Publication: 1995
ISBN 0 907132 89 8
Buckram Bound

Professor Fernie's research has done much to clarify the development of architecture in England and France from the Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian periods, through the Romanesque to the development of Gothic. Of particular interest has been his studies of architectural proportions and systems of length during this period.

This volume make available thirty studies published over the last twenty years on buildings as varied as the pre-Conquest Abbey at Westminster and the church of St Magnus at Egilsay. There are two studies on sculpture, and a number of studies on the St. Gall plan and architectural proportions in English churches. The author has contributed additional notes and an index.

Contents

Introduction
The History of Medieval Architecture from Carolingian to Romanesque
Contrasts in the Methodology and Interpretation of Medieval Ecclesiastical Architecture
Archaeology and Iconography: Recent Developments in the Study of English Medieval Architecture
The Effect of the Conquest on Norman Architectural Patronage
Early Church Architecture in Scotland
Monographic Gothic
Design Principles of Early Medieval Architecture as exemplified at Durham Cathedral
The Church of St. Magnus, Egilsay
The Responds and Dating of St. Botolph's, Hadstock
Alexander's Frieze at Lincoln Minster
Notes on the Sculpture of Modena Cathedral
A Note on the Historiography of Tewkesbury Abbey
The Romanesque Church of Waltham Abbey
Enclosed Apses and Edward's Church at Westminister
Reconstructing Edward's Abbey at Westminster
The Use of Varied Nave Supports in Romanesque and Early Gothic Churches
The Romanesque Piers of Norwich Cathedral
The Spiral Piers of Durham Cathedral
St. Anselm's Crypt
La fonction liturgique des piliers cantonnés dans la nef de la cathédrale de Laon
The Proportions of the St Gall Plan
The Plan of St Gall
Observations on the Norman Plan of Ely Cathedral;The Grid System and the Design of the Norman Cathedral at Winchester
Historical Metrology and Architectural History
A Beginner's Guide to the Study of Architectural Proportions and Systems of Length
The Greek Metrological Relief in Oxford
Anglo-Saxon Lengths: the 'Northern' System the Perch and the Foot
Anglo-Saxon Lengths and the Evidence of the Buildings
Pegolotti's Cloth Lengths
Additional Notes
Index