Dundry Stone and Other Limestones in The Fabric, Fittings, and Monuments of St Davids Cathedral
Although St Davids is remote from other parts of Britain by the overland route, it has always been readily accessible by sea. Freestones, quarried and worked at faraway sites and typically transported by sea and river, are frequently encountered in medieval ecclesiastical buildings, where they were...
| Subtitles: | "The Condition of Menevia" : Studies in the History of St Davids Cathedral Dundry Stone and Other Limestones in The Fabric, Fittings, and Monuments of Saint Davids Cathedral |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Wales Press
2023
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The journal of religious history, literature and culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 61-70 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kathedrale Saint David's (Saint David's, Pembrokeshire)
/ Geology
/ Building research
/ Architecture
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | CE Christian art HH Archaeology KBF British Isles |
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| Summary: | Although St Davids is remote from other parts of Britain by the overland route, it has always been readily accessible by sea. Freestones, quarried and worked at faraway sites and typically transported by sea and river, are frequently encountered in medieval ecclesiastical buildings, where they were used for structure, decoration, and monuments. Polishable limestones (marbles) were similarly transported over large distances for a similar range of functions. With a little specialist knowledge these materials are usually readily identifiable. Hence they may give information about extraction, craft activity and supply routes, as well as about architectural practices and ownership links to source areas, at certain times in a building's history. This article summarises the variety of lime- stones and marbles that were brought from outside the area, doubtless by sea, to be used in the cathedral at St Davids, up to the time of the Reformation. |
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| ISSN: | 2057-4525 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religious history, literature and culture
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