Storer's Cathedral Churches of Great Britain

Vaulted roofs, cathedral fronts and ground plans give these plates their architectural precision. James Storer’s History and...

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Vaulted roofs, cathedral fronts and ground plans give these plates their architectural precision. James Storer’s History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain began appearing in 1814, pairing historical description with engraved studies that take each building apart to explain its construction and ornament, with plans of the spaces and interior and exterior views of the forms above them. The plates here include Chichester from several exterior viewpoints, its transept and roof groining, with corresponding architectural details at Bangor, all made before photography became a routine way of recording buildings.

Vaulted roofs, cathedral fronts and ground plans give these plates their architectural precision. James Storer’s History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain began appearing in 1814, pairing historical description with engraved studies that take each building apart to explain its construction and ornament, with plans of the spaces and interior and exterior views of the forms above them. The plates here include Chichester from several exterior viewpoints, its transept and roof groining, with corresponding architectural details at Bangor, all made before photography became a routine way of recording buildings.

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