THE PORTFOLIO MONOGRAPHS, No. 46
With 4 Illuminations in Colours and Gold, and 33 other Illustrations.
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THE CATHEDRAL
BUILDERS IN ENGLAND
By EDWARD S. PRIOR, M.A., F.S.A.
Author of “A History of Gothic Art in England,” etc.
In this volume Mr. Prior treats of the Great English Mediæval Cathedrals, with special reference to the men by whom they were designed, and the craftsmen by whom they were erected. He thus characterizes the successive periods of Cathedral building in England:—
- 1. Norman, Benedictine, “Romanesque.”
- 2. Angevin, Neomonastic, “Transitional to Gothic.”
- 3. Insular, Episcopal, “Early English.”
- 4. Continental, Regal, “The Summit of Gothic.”
- 5. English, Aristocratic, “Decorated.”
- 6. After the Black Death: Official, “Perpendicular.”
- 7. Fifteenth Century: Parochial and Trading, “Perpendicular.”
- 8. Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries: the Craftsman and the Architect.
- 9. Nineteenth Century: the Restorer and Revivalist.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Miniatures from Illuminated MSS.
in the British Museum,
printed in Colours.