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Add MS 6738

Record Id:
032-003442793
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003442793
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
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Add MS 6738
Title:
Sketches, in pen and ink, and pencil, illustrative of ecclesiastical architecture
Scope & Content:

In quarto, ff. 159, containing sketches, in pen and ink, and pencil, by Mr. Kerrich, illustrative of ecclesiastical architecture, viz.

1. A series of drawings of doors in ecclesiastical buildings of the Middle Ages, illustrative of their formation from the figure called the ‘Vesica Piscis.’ ff. 2-34, 44. The drawings are taken from the following buildings:

Worms. f. 2. Mayence. f. 3. Durham. ff. 5, 9. Iffley, county Oxfordshire. ff. 6, 7. Orvieto. f. 8. South Weald, Essex. f. 10. St. Sepulchre’s, Cambridge. f. 11. Faverland, Isle of Wight. f. 12. Ely. ff. 13, 33. Barpeston, Kent. f. 14. Gillingham. f. 15. Herringfleet. f. 16. Stourbridge. f. 17. Abingdon, county Cambridgeshire. f. 18. Birchanger, Essex. f. 19. St. Peter’s, Cambridge. f. 20. Aldeby, county Norfolk. f. 21. Hadiscoe. f. 22. Glastonbury. ff. 23, 28-30. East Barton, county Northumberland. f. 31. Burnham. f. 32. Great Wilbraham, county Cambridgeshire. ff. 34, 44.

2. A similar series of drawings of windows. ff. 35-43. The drawings are taken from the following buildings:

Little St. Mary’s, Cambridge. ff. 38b, 39, 40. York. f. 42.

3. A similar series of drawings of arches. ff. 45-47, 48b-53. The drawings are taken from the following buildings:

Westminster. f. 45. St. Edward’s, Cambridge. f. 46. St. Giles’s, Cambridge. f. 51b. Willingham. f. 52.

4. A series of drawings illustrative of the formation of spires. ff. 47b, 48.

5. A series of drawings illustrative of the formation, and insertion, of tracery, and circles, in the heads of windows. ff. 54-80.

6. A series of elevations, and sections, of ecclesiastical buildings, both in England and upon the continent, chiefly illustrative of the influence of the figure called ‘Visica Piscis,’ upon the formation of their component parts. ff. 81-117. The examples are taken from:

Parma. ff. 81, 98. Modena. f. 82. Placentia. ff. 83, 97b. Chigny. ff. 84, 85. Paris (?) ff. 86, 87. Ickleton. f. 88. Stourbridge. ff. 88b, 89, 115. Barpeston. f. 90. Ely. ff. 91-94. Kingston. f. 95. Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge. f. 99. Salisbury. f. 100. Colchester. f. 103. Milan. f. 104. Melbourn, county Derbyshire. ff. 105-107. Upton, county Buckinghamshire. f. 108. Mumby. f. 108b. Tickencote. f. 109. Wells. f. 109b. Cromer, county Norfolk. f. 110. St. Stephen’s, Rouen. ff. 112, 113. St. Edward’s, Cambridge. ff. 113b, 114. Iffley, county Oxfordshire. f. 116. St. Constantinople’s, Rouen. f. 117.

7. A similar series of plans of ecclesiastical buildings, illustrative of the same principle. ff. 118-148. The examples are taken from:

Coblents. f. 118. Gelnhausen. f. 119.Grunberg. f. 120. Inasburg. f. 121. Offenheim. f. 122. Worms. f. 123. Quivilly near Rouen. ff. 124, 125, 128. St. Peter’s, Oxford. f. 126. N. Marden, Essex. f. 127. Treyford, Sussex. Ib. Harting, Sussex. f. 127b. Elstead, Sussex. f. 128. Thorpe, near Peterborough. ff. 129b, 130. Ickleton. f. 131. Long Stanton. f. 132. Runcton Holm, county Norfolk. f. 133. Stourbridge. f. 133b, 145. Fen Ditton. Ib. Gillingham. f. 134. Burnham. f. 135. Bury. Ib. Great Coilbraham. ff. 136, 137, 138. Little St. Mary’s, Cambridge. ff. 139-141. St. Sophia, Constantinople. f. 142. Tickencote (?) f. 143. Hawkscote etc. f. 144. Willingham. f. 145. St. Giles’s. ff. 146, 148. The last four figures are chancels, etc.

8. Observations, and figures, illustrative of the formation of vaultings. ff. 149-159.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy:
032-003442793
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 volume (159 folios)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
[18th century-19th century]
Era:
CE
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:
Quarto
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.