Cardiff: Architecture and Archaeology in the Medieval Diocese of Llandaff

ISBN-13: 9781904350804 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 240 str.

John R. Kenyon; Diane Williams

Opis

The Association's 2004 conference focused mainly on the architecture and archaeology of the medieval diocese of Llandaff, comprising much of the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. Contributors consider Roman and early medieval south-east Wales, including surviving Christian monuments and the early history of Cardiff. There is a detailed analysis of the c. 1200 wall-paintings at the priory church of Ewenny, where ambitious decorative work replaced a hitherto unknown Romanesque scheme. The early Gothic architecture of Llandaff Cathedral is shown to be related to some of the great contemporary ecclesiastical works in England and elsewhere, such as Glastonbury Abbey, and the unusual form of the cloister arcade at Tintern Abbey is analysed. Other papers cover the late Gothic architecture in south Wales, two 14th-century tomb monuments at Abergavenny, and a study of the magnificent carpentry of a number of late medieval rood-screens that survive in parish churches. The volume concludes with an account of the evidence for post-medieval work in churches in the diocese.

Spis treści

1. Roman Art and the Culture of South-East Wales 2. The Early Church in South-East Wales 3. Early Medieval Llandaff: The Evidence of the Early Christian Monuments 4. Cardiff before 1300 5. The Painted Decoration of Ewenny Priory and the Development of Romanesque Altar Imagery 6. The Early Gothic Fabric of Llandaff Cathedral and its Place in the West Country School of Masons 7. The Thirteenth-Century Cloister Arcade at Tintern Abbey 8. Later Gothic Architecture in South Wales 9. Two Fourteenth-Century Tomb Monuments at Abergavenny and the Mournful End of the Hastings Earls of Pembroke 10. Three Rood-Screens in South-East Wales 11. Post-Medieval Building Work in Churches of the Diocese of Llandaff: The Architectural Evidence

O autorze

John R. Kenyon and Diane M. Williams