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Title: wells cathedral and salisbury cathedral
Description: These notes are about wells' and salisbury's cathedrals divided into political, social, form and function notes.
Description: These notes are about wells' and salisbury's cathedrals divided into political, social, form and function notes.
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political and social themes
form and function themes
location
worship
status of patron & rivalries
power
royal influence
drama/mystery
position of church
role of bishop
masons
gothic renaissance
p&s
location
- Wells’ constructions were statements of power and prestige
...
(control of protection, preservation)
- sites for cathedrals are chosen because of those sites having holy, miraculous(magical)
associations
the spring water , people think god has gifted the place, people lived longer
- fertile farmland in Somerset
status of patron
- reason of late date of rebuilding wells
pause in office of bishop of wells
- Wells cathedral status’ restored when it was under bishop reginald de bohun of wells
- Bohun saw the new style of Gothic architecture [ Abbey of St Denis by Abbot Suger]
...
then romanesque church pulled down and replaced with a Gothic building
- so, his work for rebuilding led to his higher status within the church and as a political figure
friend of
Archbishop
Thomas Becket,
Henry II, King of
England, ruler of
Angevin Empire
BOHUN
illegitimate son of Bishop
of Salisbury
- Episcopal estates of Wells have Bohun huge income
- Doulting gave him access of supply of limestone
more ambition to build Wells
- Bohun’s successor, Savaric, who was a greedy politician that was mostly interested in the
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wealth of Glastonbury Abbey and so the work’s progress was irregular
...
1239, Cathedral is finally functioning place of worship (cathedral main body)
1306, Chapter house finished (decorative gothic, 1286-1306) (Thomas Witney)
the uneven ground caused the central tower to sag and crack
...
(1313-1326)
Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury appointed William Wynford and he restructured the west front,
the tops of the towers in a new perpendicular style and added tracery windows as an addition to
the Early English lancets
...
The statues were removed or defaced and so the
English religious art was destroyed during this period
...
Dean Joseph Robinson also restored the
surviving stained glass of the Jesse window and the Lady Chapel
...
Also, due to the bishop’s absence, work on the
cathedral were either slowed down or stopped
...
Adam LOCK
Thomas WITNEY
William JOY
William WYNFORD
main body
1175-1239
chapter house
1286-1306
decorative gothic
and geometric
specialism
tower, scissor arch,
lady chapel
1313-1326
decorative gothic
top of West Front
towers
1407-1424
perpendicular gothic
patronage
- their patron was the Bishop of Wells
...
Bishop Nicholas Bubwith contributed personal funds because of the huge drain of Bishop’s
resources
...
naturally drawing eye upwards, huge windows letting more light in
enlightenment of faith,
reflecting the soul’s longing for God
Function
numerous purposes: projecting power and prestige, vision of Heaven, focal point of holiness, place
of spiritual & physical healing, backdrop of sacraments, setting for singing god’s praises, centre for
collective activities for church & community together, church administration,governance and
dispensing of justice
worship
- nave: for laity, non-clerical congregations
no chairs, bench set on the way
...
- largest enclosed spaces in medieval world that allow collective community activity in unique
setting
- retrochoir: left opened and decorated in Wells with exquisite angled piers
impression of
petrified trees
- lady chapel: separate place of worship with altar dedicated to Virgin Mary
- often female laity, before and after childbirth
- Aisle: open corridors, allow access from one to another without interrupting acts of worship
- function in some religious procession to and from side chapels
- Transepts: provide spaces for smaller religious services
baptism
- location for side chapels , care of a gild
laity
- North porch: meant to draw visitor in, heavy iron doors
place of security and sanctuary
- Cloister: Wells cathedral not really a monastic institution
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- physical point to heaven
drama & mystery
- choir: centred on the altar where priest re-enact Christ’s sacrifice using the ceremony of mass
to transform bread and wine into the body and blood
transubstantiation
- God’s presence is focused on the altar above of the burning candle
...
role of bishop
- chapter house: centre of diocesan governance
...
court room for issues involving church land/
confirming canon laws (like blasphemy and family law)
- only part of church which is not consecrated (sacred)
business discussed freely
salisbury cathedral
p&s
location
- constructions were statements of power and prestige
...
(control of protection, preservation)
- competition with secular authority represented by the fortress town of Old Sarum
- Old Sarum was built inside a hilltop iron age fortress, restricted in space, lacking in water, dry
barren
...
- at the end of 12th century, Bishop Richard Poore said to transfer the cathedral to form a
new town
...
last one , Bishop Roger Martival
master mason
construction of main body of cathedral was steady and consistent
completed in short time, 46 years, consistent of Early English style
...
essentially completed in 1266, then several decades later, Bishops of Salisbury were political
appointees who spent little time in their diocese
more political
only energetic Bishop Roger Martival appointed in 1315
construction resumed, its
spire 404 feet
...
Destruction of free standing bell and tower
...
The victorians also brought their attentions of restoring the medieval paintwork in the
chapter house and the altar
...
- his building for St Thomas Becket’s shrine caused him to catch Bishop Richard Poore of
Salisbury’s attention
...
technical details reflected the evolution of building techniques
stronger ‘shaft ring’ as
opposed to monolithic columns at the point where roof ribs met pillars enabling them to be made
thinner
then Roger Martival designed the complicated spire
...
Martial supervised the construction of a stone shell around a series of medieval tie bars
complicated used of ironwork
flying buttresses
reasons for such persistence is because of intense discussion
...
- relied on a mixture of diocesan wealth, donations from Henry III, contribution of the laity
canons touring country as fund raisers
- Henry III was the one who allowed the diocese permission to relocate from old Old Sarum to
Salisbury
- In Salisbury, the master mason is the driving force behind the aspects of the build
Title: wells cathedral and salisbury cathedral
Description: These notes are about wells' and salisbury's cathedrals divided into political, social, form and function notes.
Description: These notes are about wells' and salisbury's cathedrals divided into political, social, form and function notes.