IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

ENGLAND: GLASTONBURY ABBEY
Location


Adapted from Shephard, p 108


Topography of Surrounding Area
 
 

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Deane/1968
Glastonbury Tor (550 ft)
Crowned with 14th Century tower of
Chapel of St. Michael
(This is NOT the Abbey shown below)
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East Piers of Central Tower

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Deane/1968

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Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1968
Detail of West Facade-"Kings"
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Ruins of East End

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1968

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Tomb of King Arthur
Remains thought to be of those of King Arthur discovered here in 1191. On April 19, 1278, these remains were moved to a tomb on this site in the presence of King Edward I. 

Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1968

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Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean/1968
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Kitchen

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Adapted from Gotch, fig. 13 

Plan and Section

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Preliminary Bibliography

The Architectural History of Glastonbury Abbey by the Rev. R. Willis (Cambridge : Deighton, Bell,
1866).

 Introduction

Chapter 1 Documentary History from A.D. 63 to the Great Fire in 1184

Chapter 2 Identity of St. Joseph's Chapel with the wicker Church and the Lady Chapel of the Abbey

Chapter 3  Documentary History of the Great  Church from 1184 to the Supression of the Monastery

Chapter 4. Structural History and Description of the Great Church (In Progress)
 

The Early History of Glastonbury an edition, translation, and study of William of Malmesbury's De
antiquitate Glastonie ecclesie by John Scott (Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press ; Totowa, NJ :
1981).

Sampson,J. 'Glastonbury Abbey: the Lady Chapel Doors and their Dating in the light of the 1986 Conservation Programmc'in The Conservator as Art Historian (UKIC, 1992) 3-6

Thurlby,Malcolm. 'The Lady Chapel of Glastonbury Abbey'Antiquaries Journal 75(1995)107-70

Medieval art and architecture at Wells and Glastonbury ( [London] : British Archaeological
Association, 1981).

James P. Carley, Glastonbury Abbey : the Holy House at the Head of the Moors Adventurous New
York : St. Martin's Press, 1988).

The pictorial history of Glastonbury Abbey, by C. A. Ralegh Radford.London, Pitkin Pictorials, 1969. LC Number:  NA971.G54 R1


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