From canterbury.ac.uk:
A unique glimpse into 1000 years of Canterbury’s history was unveiled by broadcaster and renowned historian Dr David Starkey at the Sidney Cooper Gallery on Friday 5 February.
Funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund, the exhibition Canterbury: England’s Crucible, will bring the City’s history to life in a way that has never been tackled […]
Filed under: Architecture, Archaeology, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on February 18th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As one of the most recognizable religious buildings in England, Tewkesbury Abbey stands along the river Avon on a site possibly once occupied by an 8th century Benedictine monastery. In the year 1087, King William gave the Manor of Tewkesbury to Robert FitzHamon, and in 1092, Robert and the Abbot Giraldus founded the abbey.
Tewkesbury has […]
Filed under: Architecture, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on February 2nd, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Corbel
[kawr-buhl]
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from diminutive of corp raven, from Latin corvus — more at raven
1) A stone or timber bracket supporting a projection from a wall. (Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 225)
2) Projecting stone used to support a timber beam or joint of a roof or floor. (Kenyon, […]
Filed under: Architecture, Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on December 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
According to an article at telegraph.co.uk,
Pillars holding up Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of Anglicanism, are being held together with duct tape because of a shortage of money to carry out urgent repairs …
… A fifth of the structure’s internal marble pillars are currently held together by duct tape.
In July, masonry around the Great South […]
Filed under: Architecture, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on September 14th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Apse
[aps]
Etymology: Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin apsis, from Latin
1) The domed or vaulted east end of the church. In Britain the apse is generally squared off, while on the continent, rounded apses were common. (Glossary of Church Architecture, retrieved from BritainExpress.com)
2) Part of a building semi-circular in plan. (Martindale, Andrew. Gothic Art, 268)
3) Semicircular […]
Filed under: Architecture, Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on August 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
Lancet
[lan-sit, lahn-]
Long narrow window with pointed head, characteristic of the 13th century.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 412)
*term definition retrieved from Netserf’s Medieval Glossary (http://www.netserf.org/Glossary)
**image retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com
Filed under: Architecture, Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on June 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
Google’s 3D Warehouse allows you to search through 3D models of various kinds of collections and models that people have sketched. You can find all kinds of medieval related items: castles, buildings, cathedrals, weapons, etc. You can search in broad terms (e.g. - medieval castles), or more specifically, such as Notre Dame Cathedral. The warehouse […]
Filed under: Castles, Architecture, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on May 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
The following maps pinpoint the locations of medieval castles, cathedrals, and abbeys in England. You can zoom in for a satellite view of the structure, or click to read more about each building and its construction timeline.
Castles
Cathedrals
Abbeys
Filed under: Castles, Architecture, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on May 15th, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Five archteypical Gothic medieval cathedrals still exist in France today, one of which is Amiens Cathedral, located in Amiens, the major city of Picardy, in the Somme River valley just north of Paris. The other four cathedrals include Bourges, Chatres, Rheims, and Soissons. Amiens contains a choir with ambulatory, seven chapels, an aisled transept and […]
Filed under: Architecture, Middle Ages History, Medieval History on January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
