IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

BRITAIN: ENGLAND
BEVERLEY MINSTER (PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JOHN AND ST. MARTIN)

© Alison Stones


PLANS AND DRAWINGS
Adapted from Die kirchliche baukunst des abendlandes; historisch und
systematisch dargestellt
, Dehio & von Bezhold, Plate 427
Exterior/Interior Elevations


EXTERIOR
©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1971 ©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1971 Adapted from Gothic Architecture, Bond, p. 177
West Facade View from South


INTERIOR
©Alison Stones, Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Dean, 1971 Adapted from Early Christian Architecture, Bond, p. 317
Elevation Vaulting

FURNISHINGS
Adapted from Howard/Crossley, Fronticespiece    
Stalls with 14th-cent. wood-carving Choir Screen Late 14th-cent. Sedilia

TOMBS
Tomb of a wife of a Percy: either Lady Eleanor Percy,
wife of the First Lord Percy, or Lady Idonea Percy Wife,
the second Lord Percy (d. 1365)
    Adapted from Gardiner, p. 187
Details of the Percy tomb


Preliminary Notes

Legendary founder was  the bishop  St. John of Beverley (d. 721, canonized 1037) whose relics are in this minster.

Church on the site damaged by fire in  20 October, 1188. (Macmahon, p. 8)

The large tower fell in 1210's.

Present choir rebuilt ca 1220-60.

Nave rebuilt in early 14th century.



Preliminary Bibliography

Forster, J. Reay. Beverley Minster: A Brief History. Hull: A. Brown, 1975.

Hiatt, Charles. Beverley Minster: An Ilustrated Account of Its History and Fabric. London: G. Bell, 1898.

Horrox, Rosemary. Beverley Minster: An Illustrated History. Beverley: The Friends of Beverley Minster, 2000.

MacMahon, K.A.. The pictorial history of Beverley Minster. A Brief History. London : Pitkin Pictorials, 1967.

Nolloth, Henry Edward. Beverley and its Minster. London: Allen & Unwin, 1930.

Strickland, Gladys Bragg. The Medieval Carvings of Musicians in Beverley Minster.1995.

Tanfield, Thomas R.Beverley Minster Misericord Seats. Beverley: Beverley Minster Parochial Church Council 1980-1985.


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