Title & Author:

Durham Cathedral : history, fabric and culture / edited by David Brown.

Publication:

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]

Description:

xiii, 602 pages : illustrations, map ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-584) and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. One Historical Overview -- 1. Cuthbert and the Search for a Patron / Sarah Foot -- 2. The Anglo-Norman Priory and its Predecessor, 995-1189 / David Rollason -- 3. Consolidation, 1189-1380 / Philippa Hoskin -- 4. The Late Middle Ages, 1380-1539 / Martin Heale -- 5. The Priory's Outreach: Durham's Cells / Lynda Rollason -- 6. From Reformation to Restoration, 1539-1660 / William Sheils -- 7. From the Restoration to the Founding of the University, 1660-1832 / Anne Orde -- 8. Victorian to Modern, 1832-2000 / Alan Bartlett and David Goodhew -- pt. Two Architecture, Art and Setting -- 9. The Romanesque Cathedral, 1093-1133 / Eric Fernie -- 10. The Late Medieval Cathedral / Richard Fawcett -- 11. The Contribution of Archaeology / Norman Emery -- 12. The Decoration of the Cathedral and Priory in the Middle Ages / David Park -- 13. The Post-Reformation Monuments / Ingrid Roscoe -- 14. The Stained Glass of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Sally Rush -- 15. Plate and Metalwork / Marian Campbell.
16. Textiles and Embroidery / Jill Ivy -- 17. Twentieth-century Art Works / John Munns -- 18. The College and Deanery / John Goodall -- 19. The Claustral Ranges / Richard Fawcett -- 20. The Riverbanks / Dorothy Hamilton -- pt. Three Worship, Spirituality and Social Change -- 21. The Shrine of St Cuthbert / David Hunt -- 22. The Changing Face of Liturgy / David Kennedy -- 23. The Music across the Centuries / Brian Crosby -- 24. Sacred Space and its Use / Allan Doig, with Michael Sadgrove -- 25. Modern Ethos and Spirituality in Changing Times / Douglas Davies, with Peter Rowe -- pt. Four Letters and Learning -- 26. The Library / Joan Williams -- 27. The Cathedral's Oldest Books / Richard Gameson -- 28. The Archive / Michael Stansfield -- 29. The Cathedral and Education, 1083-1542 / Nicholas Orme -- 30. Schools in the Post-Reformation Period / Brian Crosby -- 31. Durham College at Oxford, 1286-1542 / Jeremy Catto -- 32. Post-Reformation Clerical Scholarship / Brenda Pask, with David Brown -- 33. The Cathedral in Literature / J.R. Watson -- 34. The Cathedral in Art / Douglas Pocock.

Summary:

"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 (hardback)
0300208189 (hardback)

Subject:

Durham Cathedral.
Durham Cathedral History.
Cathedrals England Durham.
Church decoration and ornament England Durham.
Cathédrales Angleterre Durham.
Églises Décoration et ornement Angleterre Durham.
21.70 religious architecture.
ARCHITECTURE Buildings Religious.
ARCHITECTURE Buildings Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE History Medieval.
Buildings
Cathedrals
Church decoration and ornament
Durham (England) Church history.
Durham (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England Durham
Stained Glass.
Glass Painters.

Form/genre:

Church history
History

Added entries:

Brown, David, 1948 July 1- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291023
Call No.: BIB 234314
Status: Available