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Add MS 6743

Record Id:
032-003442799
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003442799
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 6743
Title:
Series of drawings, illustrative of the various forms of round windows
Scope & Content:

In quarto, ff. 94, containing a series of drawings, illustrative of the various forms of round windows, divided into the following classes:

i. Round windows containing arches within their circle; the examples from the churches of:

Lincoln. f. 2. Castle Hedingham. f. 3. St. Mark’s, at Venice. f. 4. St. Giovanni in Conca, Milan. Ibid. Modena. f. 5. Placentia. f. 6. Cremona. f. 7. Rheims. ff. 8, 9. Notre-Dame de Mantes. f. 10. Tewkesbury. f. 11. St. David’s. f. 12. Westminster. ff. 13, 43. St. Mark’s, Venice. f. 14. Strasbourg. f. 15. York. ff. 16, 36, 40. Orvieto. f. 17. Old St. Paul’s, London. f. 18. Merton College, Oxford. Ibid. Harpley, county Norfolk. f. 19. St. Benoit, Paris. f. 20. Barpreston, county Kent. f. 21. St. James’s, Bristol. Ibid. Cheltenham. f. 22. St. Catharine’s, Oppenheim. ff. 23, 24. St. Denis. ff. 25, 33.

ii. Round windows containing circles within their circles; the examples from the churches of:

Exeter. ff. 26, 43, 55, 68.Grantham. Ibid. Vincennes. Ibid. Burwell, county Cambridgeshire. Ibid. Cologne. ff. 27, 48, 92. Lincoln. ff. 28, 29, 34, 44. St. Mary’s, Cambridge. f. 30. Chichester. f. 31. Worms. f. 32. St. Denis. f. 33.

iii. Round windows, containing incomplete circles within their circles; the examples from the churches of:

Ely. f. 34. Burnham Westgate. Ibid. Lincoln. f. 35. York. f. 36.

iv. Round windows containing curvilinear equilateral triangles, trefoils, and quatrefoils within their circles; the examples taken from the churches of:

Mirande and Clarenton, in France. ff. 38, 39. York. ff. 40-42, 46, 54. Westminster. f. 43. Exeter. ff. 43, 46, 50-52. Snettisham, county Norfolk. Ibid. Lincoln. ff. 44, 53. Hadereham, Isle of Ely. f. 46. Mentz. f. 47. Cologne. ff. 48, 49. Rouen. ff. 50, 90.

Together with several supposed forms of which no instances had been found by Mr. Kerrich. v. Round windows containing mixed figures composed of circles, curvilinear equilateral triangles, trefoils, and quatrefoils, within their circles; the examples taken from the cathedral of Exeter, and Fen-Stanton Church, county Huntingdonshire, together with several supposed forms of which no instances had been found by Mr. Kerrich. ff. 55-63.

At the end is inserted a sketch of an ornament on the tomb of Aymer de Valence. f. 64. vi. Round windows, containing tracery in their circles; the examples taken from the churches of:

Aylsham, county Norfolk. f. 65. Wheatacre, county Norfolk. Ibid. Huttoft. f. 67. Beccles, county Suffolk. f. 68. Exeter. Ibid. Harpley. f. 69. Burwell, county Cambridgeshire. ff. 70, 71. Ulin. f. 72. Old Walsingham, county Norfolk. ff. 74, 75. Bayonne. f. 76. Southwold. ff. 78-85. Walberswick. f. 78b. Canterbury. f. 86. Lincoln. f. 88. Bridgewater. f. 89. Rouen. f. 90. Winchester. f. 91. Cologne. f. 92.

And from an illumination, and a coin, together with several supposed forms of which no instance had been found by Mr. Kerrich. ff. 66, 72b, 73, 77, 87, 93, 94.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003442799
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-003442799
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 volume (94 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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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
Arrangement:
Drawings are divided into classes
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.