English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 38
... chapel appears often to have been the first building in the castle to have achieved the dignity of stone . One of the earliest surviving examples is the breath - taking little early Norman chapel at Durham ( 90 ) , recently and ...
... chapel appears often to have been the first building in the castle to have achieved the dignity of stone . One of the earliest surviving examples is the breath - taking little early Norman chapel at Durham ( 90 ) , recently and ...
Page 139
... Chapel , Westminster , and whose son Hugh , perhaps the greatest of the English medieval carpenters , was to create the magnificent timber roof which still spans Westminster Hall . Payments upon the accounts of 1352 to " Master John ...
... Chapel , Westminster , and whose son Hugh , perhaps the greatest of the English medieval carpenters , was to create the magnificent timber roof which still spans Westminster Hall . Payments upon the accounts of 1352 to " Master John ...
Page 181
... chapel in his castle of Winchester with the story of Joseph , and to floor the same chapel with tiles ; to paint the table by the king's bed with images of the guardians of Solomon's bed ; to pave the chambers of the king and queen with ...
... chapel in his castle of Winchester with the story of Joseph , and to floor the same chapel with tiles ; to paint the table by the king's bed with images of the guardians of Solomon's bed ; to pave the chambers of the king and queen with ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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