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Add MS 6740
- Record Id:
- 032-003442796
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442796
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x00051f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6740
- Title:
- Sketches, illustrative of ecclesiastical architecture
- Scope & Content:
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In quarto, ff. 145, of similar contents [to Add MS 6739].
1. A series of figures illustrative of the insertion of tracery, and circles, in the heads of windows, the influence of the ‘Vesica Piscis’ in erecting spires, etc. ff. 1-14, 47.
2. A series of figures, illustrative of the various forms of Norman windows, more especially of the formation of their heads, and contested arches. ff. 15-29.
3. Observations, accompanied by a series of figures, illustrative of the formation of architraves, edges (angles), piers, pillars, and shafts, in Norman and gothic architecture. ff. 30-46.
Some of the examples are taken from Little Mapleshead Church, Essex, Rochester Cathedral, and Walberswick in Suffolk.
4. A series of figures illustrative of the insertion of circles, and circular forms, in the heads of windows. ff. 47-56.
5. A series of ‘Runic Knots,’ from a crypt at Glendaloch, Lincoln Cathedral, ‘painted Glass in the possession of Dick Reynolds,’ Bishop Lowe’s tomb in Rochester Cathedral, and from ancient stone coffins found in Cambridge Castle (tinted). (Archæologia, vol. VIII, pp. 165, 185b, and vol. XVII, plates XV, XVI). ff. 57-58.
6. A series of figures, illustrative of the insertion of the cheveron in mouldings, the examples taken from St. Mary’s, Ely; St. Cross, Winchester; Glastonbury; Wells; Castle-Rising Church; and Castle Headingham Church, county Essex. ff. 59-65.
7. Plan of the pillars in Trumpington Church, county Cambridgeshire. f. 66.
8. Two problems, with solutions, illustrative of the figure called ‘Vesica Piscis.’ ff. 66b, 67.
9. A series of figures of the ‘Vesica Piscis,’ illustrative of its various forms, and of its influence upon gothic architecture. ff. 68-145.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442796
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442796
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (145 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:
- 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
- Publications:
- Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, volume 8, (1787); volume 17 (1814)
- 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.