Bath Abbey

David Falconer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

1999
Sutton Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-2311-8 (ISBN)

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This text charts the history Bath abbey from the early 16th century, by means of captioned images of the exterior and the interior of the church, the memorials and tombs, its visitors, personalities and events. Since Saxon times there has been a church on the site. Following the transfer of the Bishop's throne from Wells to Bath in the 11th century, the Saxon abbey was demolished and replaced by a new cathedral priory. This church was badly damaged by fire and rebuilt. In 1247, Wells again became the centre of the diocese, which since then has been known as the diocese of Bath and Wells. The volume follows the numerous restorations of the building, including the 19th-century "opening out" of the interior for public worship and the 20th-century cleaning and conservation of the west front and the interior.

A brief history; exterior views; interior views; armorial bearings; abbots, priors and rectors; abbey events; abbey people; the organists the abbey choir; clocks and bells; memorials to the great and the good.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.7.1999
Reihe/Serie	Britain in Old Photographs
Zusatzinfo	200 b&w photographs
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 244 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-7509-2311-3 / 0750923113
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-2311-8 / 9780750923118
Zustand	Neuware