Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire · The Archaeology and Architecture of a Cathedral, Monastery and Parish Church by Rodwell, Warwick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface Acknowledgements Part 1: Archaeology, Architecture and Context

Chapter 1: The Antiquarian Background

Early Descriptions of Dorchester Antiquarian Illustrations

Watercolours, Drawings and Sketches Early Photographs

Maps and Plans of Dorchester Abbey Twentieth-century Scholarship

Chapter 2: Before the Cathedral: Archaeology and Topography

Prehistoric Settlement The Roman Town

Enclosure and Defence A Temple(?) Roman Christianity

Early Anglo-Saxon Occupation

Chapter 3: Dorchester Cathedral, c. 635–1067

The Middle Saxon Foundation Cathedral and Town in the Late Saxon Period

Morphology and Development of the Town Anglo-Saxon Church Fabric

Chapter 4: From Cathedral to Abbey: the Transition

The College of Secular Canons, c. 1067–1140 Architecture of the Collegiate Church

Chapter 5: Dorchester Abbey: A Historical Summary, c. 1140–2007

The Monastic Era After the Reformation

Later Sixteenth Century Seventeenth Century Eighteenth Century Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century

Chapter 6: Topography of the Augustinian Abbey, c. 1140–1536

Conventual Buildings

Cloister Garth and Walks Layout of the Claustral Ranges

Precinct

Boundaries Gateways Guest House and ‘The Abbey’ House Barns

Chapter 7: The Abbey Church and its Architectural Evolution, c. 1140–1536

Nomenclature Twelfth Century

Nave Eastern Arm and Presbytery Crossing and Transepts Font

Thirteenth Century

Phase 1: Addition of Transeptal Chapels, c. 1230–1250 Phase 2: Narrow North Chancel Aisle, c. 1250–1260 Phase 3: North Chancel Aisle Rebuilt, c. 1280–1300 Other 13th-century Features and Decoration

Late Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

Phase 4: West Tower, c. 1270–1300+ Phase 5: South-east Chancel Chapel, c. 1290–1300 Phase 6: Wide South Chancel Aisle, c. 1310–1320 Phase 7: Eastward Extension of the Presbytery, c. 1330–1340 Phase 8: South Nave Aisle, c. 1350–1360 Summary of Dating Furnishings

Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries

Chapter 8: After the Dissolution: Architectural History of the Parish Church, 1536–1844

Later Sixteenth Century Seventeenth Century Eighteenth Century Early Nineteenth Century

Chapter 9: Dorchester Abbey Restored, 1844–2007

Victorian Restoration, 1844–1883 Repairs and Alterations Since 1883 Summary of Post-Reformation Repairs

Part 2: The Fabric and Fittings of the Church

Chapter 10: Chancel

Exterior Interior Fittings

Chapter 11: North Chancel Aisle (St Birinus’s Chapel)

Exterior Interior Fittings

Chapter 12: South Chancel Aisle (Lady Chapel, Requiem Chapel and Shrine Chapel)

Exterior Interior Fittings

Chapter 13: Crossing and Transepts

Exterior Interior

Chapter 14: Nave

Exterior Interior Fittings

Chapter 15: South Nave Aisle and Porch (People’s Chapel)

Exterior Interior Fittings Crypt South Porch

Chapter 16: Tower

Exterior Interior Fittings

Chapter 17: Churchyard and Abbey Guest House

Churchyard Abbey Guest House (Dorchester Abbey Museum)

Chapter 18: Architectural Fragments

Appendix: Handlist of Archival Sources for Dorchester Abbey

British Library Bodleian Library Oxfordshire Record Office Centre For Oxfordshire Studies National Monuments Record Other Institutions

Abbreviations Bibliography Index Plates

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