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Add MS 6737
- Record Id:
- 032-003442792
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442792
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x00051b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6737
- Title:
- Sketches, of portions of Saxon and Norman architecture
- Scope & Content:
-
In octavo, ff. 120, of similar contents [to Add MS 6736], viz.
1. Observations upon the classification of pillars and of columns. f. 1.
2. A series of sketches illustrative of the theory of the formation of arcades, or arches, between the body and aisles of churches, from:
St. Albans Abbey. ff. 2, 3. Salisbury Cathedral. f. 4. Wells Cathedral. f. 5. St. Edwards Church, Cambridge. f. 6. Westminster Abbey. f. 7. York Cathedral. f. 8, 9.
3. A series of sketches illustrative of vaulting from:
Ely Cathedral. f. 10. Wells Cathedral. f. 11. Lincoln Cathedral. f. 12. York Cathedral. f. 13. Southwell Church, county Nottinghamshire. f. 14.
4. Short notice upon the origin of Crockets, with examples. ff. 15-17.
5. A series of fascias, parapets, and miscellaneous ornaments, from the churches of:
Lincoln. ff. 18, 19, 20. Southwold. ff. 18, 20. St. Mary’s Cambridge. f. 19.Beccles. f. 19. Walberswick, county Suffolk. ff. 20, 22. Blythburgh. f. 21.
6. A series of gothic weatherings, instanced from the churches etc. of Peterhouse, Spalding, Wilchelsea, Camberworth, Ramsey, Haslingfield, Mumby, Godmanchester, Hutcoft, Newmarket, Granchester, Ely, Dersingham, Barway, Walberswick, W. Wratting, Lincoln, Balsham, Chesterton, Bardwell, Pembroke Hall, Castle Acre, Buckden, Weston Colville, Lynn, Great. Bircham, Farnham, Trumpington, Aresly, Gamhingay, South Weald, Brighthelmston, Sound Wells, Glastonbury, Barnwell, Southwold, Halesworth, Blighborough, Wenhaston, Sharston, and Geldeston. ff. 23-29.
7. A series of sketches of windows, and of their component parts, placed under the following arrangement: a. Head divided by arches set upon the diameter, but not drawn with that diameter for the radius. ff. 30, 31. b. Divisions of the window by arches drawn with its diameter for the radius. ff. 32-46. c. Windows divided into lights by perpendicular lines. ff. 47-76. d. Bordered windows. f. 77.
8. A series of sketches, illustrative of the insertion of tracery, and circles, in the heads of windows. ff. 78-102.
9. A series of sketches, illustrative of the division of the lights of windows, and of recesses. ff. 103-108.
10. Notes and sketches, illustrative of gothic ‘Forms’ (compartments). ff. 109-114.
11. Note of an arch upon two columns, upon ancient coins. f. 115.
12. Sketch of a window in the church of St. Jean, Rouen. f. 116.
13. Recess in Litchfield Cathedral. f. 117.
14. Sketch of a shield in a recess (pencil). f. 118.
15. Dimensions of Ulph Church, Burnham, county Norfolk, taken 1814. f. 119.
16. Examples of arches from Combe’s terracotta. f. 120.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442792
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442792
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (120 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- [18th century-19th century]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Octavo
- Custodial History:
- Add MS 6728 to Add MS 6776, inclusive, were bequeathed by Rev. Thomas Kerrich, Keeper of the Public Library, Cambridge, in 1828
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.