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Architecture of Canterbury Cathedral, Jonathan Foyle ; with a chapter by Heather Newton, Head of Masony and Stone Conservation ; new photography by Robert Greshoff ; foreword by Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury 2002-2012

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Architecture of Canterbury Cathedral

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Jonathan Foyle ; with a chapter by Heather Newton, Head of Masony and Stone Conservation ; new photography by Robert Greshoff ; foreword by Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury 2002-2012

As the seat of archbishops, Canterbury Cathedral has been one of Britain's most important buildings for over 1400 years. However, the church as we know it evolved most spectacularly between the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries. Within its designs are references to a world we have forgotten: its relationship to Rome, mythology, hidden geometry and the display of saintly relics. Architectural historian and broadcaster Jonathan Foyle explains how Canterbury's turbulent and brilliant past shaped the cathedral, leaving us today with an extraordinary composite work of architecture. The book features specially commissioned images by the architectural photographer Robert Greshoff as well as carefully selected archival illustrations, and includes a number of the author's own drawings. An additional chapter by Heather Newton covers the cathedral's modern conservation programme

Machine generated contents note: 1.Origins: The Anglo-Saxon Churches -- 2.The Norman Building -- 3.The Early Gothic Cathedral -- 4.The Later Medieval Era -- 5.From the Tudor Age to the Twentieth Century -- 6.Stone Repair and Conservation since 1945 Heather Newton

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