King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, 1500-2000

ISBN-13: 9781907975981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 390 str.

Jane Geddes

Opis

This new edition is a revised and expanded version of the book produced in 2000 to celebrate the quincentenary of King's College Chapel, Aberdeen. Since then, exciting discoveries have taken place and old ideas have been reappraised. The choir stalls and woodwork have provided a fresh seam of information about the meaning and use of the medieval chapel. Daniel MacCannell has identified new iconography in the stalls. Jane Geddes, prompted by the installation of the new organ, has investigated the original function and appearance of the great pulpitum or screen between the choir and nave and discovered the location of a magnificent lost organ loft. Mary Pryor and John Morrison have examined the great baroque biblical paintings and come up with a totally new interpretation of their iconography and function: a political warning to King Charles II. Easter Smart, the university chaplain, describes the flexible and ecumenical use of the chapel today.
The revised edition appears in time to honour the quincentenary of the death of Bishop William Elphinstone, the founder of Aberdeen University, who died in 1514. This book aims to integrate his legacy to the chapel: the liturgy, music, architecture and fittings. Thanks to an unusually tolerant and conservative attitude towards religion at the university following the Reformation, the chapel has survived in a more complete medieval state than any other church in Scotland. The rich archive of university documents show how benign neglect and a fierce pride in their iconic building caused the university to maintain the structure and its furnishings even during the long centuries when it ceased to serve a religious function.

Spis treści

THE PRE-REFORMATIONCHAPEL, INTRODUCTION 1. The Focal Point of Bishop Elphinstone’s University WORSHIP 2. The Divine Office and the Mass 3. Music and Ceremonial, c. 1500–60 ARCHITECTURE 4. The Medieval Building Appendices: The Proportions and Solomon’s Temple; The Vessels in the Wall , THE MEDIEVAL FITTINGS 5. The Foundation Inscription6. The Wooden Furnishings of Bishop Elphinstone’s Chapel, 7. The Portrait of Bishop Elphinstone 8. The Bells 9. Bishop Elphinstone’s Tomb 10. The Original Armorials 11. Bishop Stewart’s Pulpit 12. The Virgin of the Apocalypse, from the circle of Arnt Beeldesnider THE POST-REFORMATIONCHAPEL ORGANIZATION 13. TheChapel,theCollegeandtheUniversity,1560–1945 WORSHIP 14. Post-Reformation Worship 15. MusicandMusicianssince1891 ARCHITECTURE 16. Post-Reformation Building: the Crown Tower and other repairs POST-REFORMATIONFITTINGS 17. The Desk of Bishop Patrick Forbes 18. The Sundial 19. The King’s Paintings: Preaching to the Times 20. The Silver Mace of King’s College , 21. The Later Armorials, 22. The Arts and Crafts Furnishings, king’s collegechapel,aberdeen,1500–2000 23. The Stained Glass 24. HenryWilsonandElphinstone’sMonument,1912–31, 25. The Chapel Today, 2012.

O autorze

Jane Geddes (Author)