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Article
The oculi of Notre-Dame, Paris
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 689–95
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Nouzeran, Dylan (Nouzeran, Dylan)
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Phalip, Bruno (Phalip, Bruno)
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Ybert, Arnaud (Ybert, Arnaud)
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1. South side of the chevet of Notre-Dame, Paris, before April 2019. (© Mathieu Ducros 2024; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Chevet oculus as designed by Viollet-le-Duc, Notre-Dame, Paris, taken by drone. (Photograph Dylan Nouzeran).
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12. Reconstruction of the elevation of the chevet. (Dylan Nouzeran).
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13. Stone-by-stone survey of the chevet of Notre-Dame, Paris, showing in dark red the reconstruction of the rediscovered oculus; in orange oculi of which some traces have remained; and in yellow a proposal for the size and position of the remaining oculi. (Dylan Nouzeran).
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14. Detail of a ground-plan of Notre-Dame, Paris, showing the first turning bay of the apse.
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15. Photogrammetic image showing the outline of an oculus visible on the jambs of the clerestorey in the first turning bay on the north side of the apse. (Dylan Nouzeran).
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2. Clerestorey window of Notre-Dame, Paris, before April 2019. (Courtesy the Mapping Gothic Project, Media Center for Art History; photograph Stephen Murray, 2011).
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6. Fragment of an oculus arm from Notre-Dame, Paris. c.1160. Limestone, height 79.5 cm. (Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris; CC0 Paris Musées).
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7. Interior of Saint-Martin de Champeaux, showing the oculi (now walled up) in the nave elevation. (Photograph Elise Baillieul).
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9b. Below, left: flat blade tool marks on an impost of an arcade capital on the north side of the chevet of Notre-Dame, Paris. (Photograph Arnaud Ybert).
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10. Above: flat and toothed blade tool marks on detail of clerestorey window jambs in the chevet of Notre-Dame, Paris. (Photograph Arnaud Ybert).
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3. Y-shaped fragment of an oculus from Notre-Dame, Paris. c.1160. Limestone, height 35 cm. (Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris; CC0 Paris Musées).
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4. Fragment of an oculus arm from Notre-Dame, Paris. c.1160. Limestone, height 91.5 cm. (Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris; CC0 Paris Musées).
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5. Fragment of an oculus arm from Notre-Dame, Paris. c.1160. Limestone, height 63 cm. (Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris; CC0 Paris Musées).
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8. Interior of Notre-Dame de la Nativité, Moret-sur-Loing, showing the oculi in the apse elevation. (Photograph Elise Baillieul).
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9a. Above, left: toothed blade tool marks on an impost of an arcade capital on the north side of the chevet of Notre-Dame, Paris. (Photograph Arnaud Ybert).
Article
The Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-la-Conception, Pondicherry
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 580–595
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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1. Dome and lantern, Pondicherry Cathedral (Notre-Damede- la-Conception). 1771–91. (Photograph the author).
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10. The former Capuchin church of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Pondicherry. 1739 (mostly rebuilt 1770). (Photograph the author).
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11. Plans of the 1763 Jesuit chapel (top) and the Jesuit mission church of Ariyankuppam (bottom), by Jean Perrin. (IRFA Archives, Paris).
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12. Plans of the mission churches at Pinnampoondi (left) and Karivopmundi (right), by Jean Perrin. (IRFA Archives, Paris).
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13. Pondicherry Cathedral. (From M. Adolphe Delessert: Souvenirs d’un voyage dans l’Inde, Paris 1843).
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14. Design for the Madras Gate, Pondicherry, here attributed to François-Anne-Marie Rapine de Saxy. 1788. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence).
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15. Design for the Palace of Justice, Pondicherry, here attributed to François-Anne-Marie Rapine de Saxy. 1788. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence).
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16. Val-de-Grâce, Paris, by François Mansart, Pierre Le Muet and others. 1624, 1644–48 and 1654–69. (From J. Mariette: L’Architecture François, Paris 1727).
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17 Street façade of the Church of the Sorbonne, Paris, by Jacques Le Mercier. 1634–42. (From J. Mariette: L’Architecture françois, Paris 1727).
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18. The Jesuit church of Notre-Dame, Chandernagore. Completed 1698. Watercolour and ink on paper, 40 by 29 cm. (From Usages de Siam, 1696, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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19 Trophée of Christ’s Passion. (From P. Ranson: OEuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs [. . .], Paris 1778, book 12, no.1).
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2. Interior of the nave, looking west, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
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20. Trophée of the Paschal Lamb. (From P. Ranson: OEuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs [. . .], Paris 1778, book 12, no.6).
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3. The façade of Pondicherry Cathedral, here attributed to François- Anne-Marie Rapine de Saxy. (Photograph the author).
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4. Plan of Pondicherry Cathedral. (Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, Pondicherry).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the pediment. (Photograph the author).
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6. Tower and part of the vault of the crossing, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
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7. View of the crossing from the right transept, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
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8. Left side aisle looking east, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
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9. View of the crossing from the right transept extension, looking south, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
Book Review
Treasury, Memory, Nature: Church Objects in the Middle Ages
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 213-214
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Nickson, Tom (Nickson, Tom)
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Treasury, Memory, Nature: Church Objects in the Middle Ages By Philippe Cordez. 284 pp. incl. 75 col. ills. (Harvey Miller, London and Turnhout, 2020), £76.50. ISBN 978–1–912554–61–4. | :
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2. Ostrich egg reliquary. Probably second half of the 13th century. Gilt silver, precious stones, enamel and ostrich egg, height 33.5 cm. (Domschatz Halberstadt; © Landesamt für Demkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen- Anhalt; photograph Juraj Lipták).
Book Review
Flamboyant Architecture and Medieval Technicality: The Rise of Artistic Consciousness at the End of the Middle Ages (c. 1400–c. 1530)
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 382-383
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Beltrami, Costanza (Beltrami, Costanza)
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Flamboyant Architecture and Medieval Technicality: The Rise of Artistic Consciousness at the End of the Middle Ages (c. 1400–c. 1530) By Jean-Marie Guillou t. 200 pp. incl. 43 col. + 70 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2019),  75.50. ISBN 978–2–503–57729–6. | :
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7. Detail of ‘The building of the Temple of Jerusalem’ in Falvius Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities, showing a mason hollowing out a canopy to allow slate or glass to be inserted, attributed to the Master of the Munich Boccaccio. 1465–75. (Biblioth que nationale de France, Paris, MS Fr.247, fol.163r; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Notre-Dame, Paris: From Victor Hugo to Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 59-61
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Dumaine, Samantha (Dumaine, Samantha)
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Notre-Dame, Paris: From Victor Hugo to Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Crypte archéologique de l’île de la Cité, Paris 9th September 2020–ongoing | :
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4. The parvis of Notre-Dame, by Charles Fréchot. 1833. Watercolour, brush and ink, 39 by 30.7 cm. (Musée Carnavalet– Histoire de Paris; exh. Crypte archéologique de l’île de la Cité, Paris).
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5. North tower of Notre-Dame, Paris, showing Henri Le Secq and the stone chimera called Le stryge, by Charles Nègre. c.1853. Modern salt paper print from paper negative, 32.5 by 23 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; exh. Crypte archéologique de l’île de la Cité, Paris).
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6. Attack on Notre-Dame, by François Nicolas Chifflart. 1876–77. Pen, ink and watercolour, 30 by 26.3 cm. (Maisons de Victor Hugo / Roger-Viollet; exh. Crypte archéologique de l’île de la Cité, Paris).
Article
A Portuguese bishop’s pontifical mass service by Luigi Valadier
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 196-203
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Vale, Teresa Leonor M. (Vale, Teresa Leonor M.)
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1. Pyx, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 21.7 by 11 cm. (Church of S. Miguel, Castelo Branco; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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10. Round dish (one of four), by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, diameter 25 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
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11. Detail of Fig.5, showing Luigi Valadier’s mark. (© Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
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12. Detail of Fig.3, showing the Reverenda Camera Apostolica’s mark (‘bollo camerale’).
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13. Pontifical mass service, by Luigi Valadier. 1768–69. Gilt silver. (Cathedral of S. Nicola, Muro Lucano; photograph The Frick Collection, New York).
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14. Detail of D. Frei Manuel Tavares Coutinho e Silva, seventeenth bishop of Portalegre. Eighteenth century. Oil on canvas, whole painting 107.5 by 84 cm. (Episcopal Palace, Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
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15. A round dish or basin, by Luigi Valadier. Brown ink on paper, 42.5 by 45 cm. (Pinacoteca di Faenza).
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16. An oval tray, by Luigi Valadier. Brown ink on paper, 24 by 34.5 cm. (Pinacoteca di Faenza).
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17. A pair of cruets and a tray, by Luigi Valadier. Brown ink on paper, 34.8 by 28.8 cm. (Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Chippenham, 2667/18/16).
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18. A holy water bucket, by Luigi Valadier. Pencil and brown ink on paper. (Private collection).
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19. Ewer and basin, or cruet and tray, by Luigi Valadier. Black and brown ink on paper. (Private collection).
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19. Ewer and basin, or cruet and tray, by Luigi Valadier. Black and brown ink on paper. (Private collection).
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2. Ewer, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 26.1 by 8 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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20. A pair of cruets, by Luigi Valadier or his workshop. Black and grey ink on paper, 18.4 by 11 cm. (Wiltshire and Swindon Archives, Chippenham, 2667/18/15).
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21. Detail of Fig.8, showing the stopper of one of the cruets. (© Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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3. Basin, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, diameter 39.2 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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4. Oval tray (one of a pair), by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, diameter 29 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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5. Holy water bucket and aspergillum, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, bucket 12.4 by 14.4 cm.; aspergillum length 17.3 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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6. Wick trimmers and candle-holder, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, silver, trimmers 17.5 by 4.6 cm.; holder 32.3 by 13.5 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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7. Bell, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 12.5 by 6 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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8. Pair of cruets and tray, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, each cruet 17.3 by 8.50 cm., diameter of tray 24.4 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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9. Pax, by Luigi Valadier. 1769–71. Gilt silver, 18.1 by 14.5 cm. (Cathedral of Portalegre; © Diocese Portalegre-Castelo Branco).
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Detail of Fig.5, showing Luigi Valadier’s mark. (© Diocese Portalegre- Castelo Branco).
Book Review
Joyas y alhajas del Alto Aragón: esmaltes y piedras preciosas de ajuares y tesoros históricos. By Carolina Naya Franco
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 259-260
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Kennedy, Kirstin (Kennedy, Kirstin)
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Joyas y alhajas del Alto Arag n: esmaltes y piedras preciosas de ajuares y tesoros hist ricos By Carolina Naya Franco. 172 pp. incl. 132 col. ills. (Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, Huesca, 2017),  38. ISBN 978–84–8127–288–8. | :
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3. Knight pendant (without its filigree chain). Probably Spanish, 1550–1600 and later? Silver, gilded and enamelled, height 6 cm. (Jaca Cathedral).
Book Review
Trésors des Cathédrales. Edited by Judith Kagan and Marie-Anne Sire
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 75-76
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Milner, Lesley (Milner, Lesley)
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Trésors des Cathédrales Edited by Judith Kagan and Marie-Anne Sire. 320 pp. incl. 350 ills. (Éditions du Patrimoine, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, 2019), £72. ISBN 978–2–7577–0618–3. | :
Article
Sir Christopher Wren’s failed project for a crossing tower and spire at Westminster Abbey, 1713–25
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 44-57
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Higgott, Gordon (Higgott, Gordon)
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1. Model of the crossing with Wren’s project for a tower and spire, from the north west, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter). 1714–16. Oak and pearwood, 240 by 116 by 85.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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10. The south-west crossing pier of Westminster Abbey, from the south-east gallery. (Photograph Lisa Stein).
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11. The easternmost bay on the north side of the nave, showing distortion of the crossing pier at the level of the aisle vaults. (Photograph the author).
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12. Plan of the tower of the model at four levels, with Wren’s proposal for strengthening the crossing piers at bottom left, by William Dickinson. c.1714. Pen and brown ink over graphite with grey wash on paper, 33.9 by 39 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46(b)).
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13. Detail of a survey plan of a crossing pier, by William Dickinson. 1713. Pen and brown ink over graphite with black wash on paper, 20.1 by 31.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24v; photograph the author).
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14. Copy of a diagram by Wren of an aisle and crossing pier, by ‘Mr Gayfere’. c.1715–c.1735. Pen and brown ink on paper, 15.2 by 9 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM 66895*).
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15. Detail of Westminster Abbey from St James’s Park, by William Lodge, printed by Pierce Tempest. 1680s. Etching, 13 by 25.5 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46v.(d); photograph the author).
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16. Detail of a copy of Wren’s Figure II in his Tract II (1710–30), showing a pier and a half-arch, with their centres of gravity, in Christopher Wren Jr’s manuscript for Parentalia. 1741. Pen and brown ink on paper, 32.7 by 18.6 cm. (© The Royal Society, London; MS 249, fol.483).
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18. Elevation of the proposed tower and spire over a section through the crossing, by William Dickinson. Late 1722 or 1723. With notes and sketched additions by Nicholas Hawksmoor, c.1723. Grey wash over graphite, with grey and brown ink on paper, 72.8 by 21.6 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 913).
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19. Long section through the Abbey showing proposals for an octagonal dome over the crossing (with alternatives in a half-plan, top left), and the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. May 1724. Pen and brown ink with grey wash over graphite on paper, 52.2 by 107.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 910).
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2. The north prospect of Westminster Abbey, by Wenceslaus Hollar. 1654. Etching, 21.7 by 32.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Langley Coll I, i (1)).
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20. Detail of a plan of the crossing, choir and sanctuary (with north at the bottom), showing Hawksmoor’s proposal for enlarging the crossing piers, by William Dickinson. June 1724. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with brown, grey and yellow-ochre wash on paper, 49.5 by 54.6 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24).
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21. The Abbey from the north, showing the first of three alternatives for the lantern and cupola, and a proposal for the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and Thomas Hinton. 1725–26. Pen and brown ink over grey wash and graphite on paper, 51 by 70.1 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM, Hawksmoor 4A).
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22. The west front of Westminster Abbey, showing the towers built to Hawksmoor’s design, 1735–45. (Photograph the author).
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3. Survey plan of Westminster Abbey (with north at the bottom), by James Broughton. c.1697–c.1705. Pen and brown ink shaded in black and grey wash over graphite on paper, 53.5 by 74.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 915).
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4. Sectional model of one bay of the choir and cloister, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter), 1710. Oak and pearwood, 72.9 by 83.7 by 16.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. Elevation (with alternatives) of the proposed tower and spire, with the gable of the north transept front, and attached plan, by William Dickinson. September and December 1722. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with grey and brown wash on paper, 104 by 38.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 907, 907A).
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6. Detail of the model in Fig.1, showing the vault over the crossing. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. The quire of Westminster Abbey from the west. c.1700. Canvas, 153 by 129 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WA 1775).
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8. Plan of the vault for the crossing lantern, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1726–27. Pen and brown ink, with yellow ochre and grey wash over graphite on paper, 47.5 by 35 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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9. The north transept front and the crossing lantern of Westminster Abbey. (Photograph the author).
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17. The north-east prospect of Beverley Minster, published by H. Overton and J. Hoole (London) and G. Feraby (Hull). c.1717. Engraving, 48.5 by 56.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 35, fol.2).
Article
Royal ceremonies in the missal of Abbot Nicholas Litlyngton
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 18-25
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Wackett, Jayne (Wackett, Jayne)
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1. Folio 206r of the Litlyngton Missal. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment, 52.5 by 36 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing the coronation of a king.
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3. Detail of folio 221v of the Litlyngton Missal, showing the coronation of a queen. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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4. Detail of p.65 of the Liber Regalis, showing the coronation of a queen. c.1382. Illumination on vellum. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. Folio 224r of the Litlyngton Missal. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment, 52.5 by 36 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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6. Detail of folio 33v of the Liber Regalis, showing a royal tomb. c.1382. Illumination on vellum. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. Detail of folio 326r of the Litlyngton Missal, showing a monk’s funeral. 1383–84. Illumination on parchment. (Westminster Abbey, London; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Detail of Fig.5, showing the exequies for a king.
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