Title:
Durham Cathedral : history, fabric and culture / edited by David Brown.
Author:
Brown, David, 1948 July 1- editor.
Publication Information:
New Haven ; London : Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, in association with The Chapter of Durham Cathedral, [2015]
Call Number:
BX5195 .D9 D87 2015
Abstract:
"For over a millennium, Durham has occupied a central place in English religious history, with its Norman rebuilding (1093-1133) marking it as an internationally significant masterpiece in the history of architecture. Its setting, perched on a peninsula formed by a bend in the River Wear, adds to the visual drama of the building. This monumental volume offers a comprehensive account, with contributions by a team of 30 experts, on the founding, development, building, and decoration of this magnificent and important edifice. The accessible essays gathered here approach Durham Cathedral from a wide variety of fields and vantage points, including liturgy, music, stained-glass decoration, and book collecting. Lavishly illustrated, the book includes both archival and new photography, and reproductions of representations in all media of the cathedral throughout history. Taken together, this landmark publication is a celebration of Durham Cathedral's enormous historical, spiritual, cultural, and architectural significance"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780300208184
Physical Description:
xiii, 602 pages : illustrations, map ; 30 cm
Contents:
Historical Overview -- Cuthbert and the Search for a Patron / The Anglo-Norman Priory and its Predecessor, 995 -- 1189 / Consolidation, 1189 -- 1380 / The Late Middle Ages, 1380 -- 1539 / The Priory's Outreach: Durham's Cells / From Reformation to Restoration, 1539 -- 1660 / From the Restoration to the Founding of the University, 1660 -- 1832 / Victorian to Modern, 1832 -- 2000 / Architecture, Art and Setting -- The Romanesque Cathedral, 1093 -- 1133 / The Late Medieval Cathedral / The Contribution of Archaeology / The Decoration of the Cathedral and Priory in the Middle Ages / The Post-Reformation Monuments / The Stained Glass of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Plate and Metalwork
Textiles and Embroidery / Twentieth-century Art Works / The College and Deanery / The Claustral Ranges / The Riverbanks / Worship, Spirituality and Social Change -- The Shrine of St Cuthbert / The Changing Face of Liturgy / The Music across the Centuries / Sacred Space and its Use / Modern Ethos and Spirituality in Changing Times / Letters and Learning -- The Library / The Cathedral's Oldest Books / The Archive / The Cathedral and Education, 1083 -- 1542 / Schools in the Post-Reformation Period / Durham College at Oxford, 1286 -- 1542 / Post-Reformation Clerical Scholarship / The Cathedral in Literature / The Cathedral in Art
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