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Dr Hastings sets forth the whole theory of the incidence and discrimination of principles and practice of the Court School of masons and decorators.
List of contents
List of plates; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The 'New Work' of St Paul's Cathedral (I); Part II. The Masons; Part III. The Eleanor Crosses; Part IV. St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster: 1. The authorities; 2. The dating of St Stephen's Chapel; 3. Mr Thomas of Canterbury and the trasura; 4. The upper vestibule; 5. Description of St Stephen's Chapel; 6. The bell tower; 7. The alura; 8. The cloister and Canon's houses; 9. The buttresses and towers; 10. The King's Closet and the Chapel of St Mary in the pew; 11. The upper chapel, interior; 12. The upper story and roof; 13. The window tracery; 14. The east front; 15. The pulpitum and stalls; 16. Interior decoration; Part V. The 'New Work' of St Paul's Cathedral (II); Part VI. Tombs and shrines; Part VII. Other buildings and works; Part VIII. Work at Windsor Castle; Part IX. Ely and Gloucester; Conclusion: the court style of London; The plates; Index.
Summary
This 1955 book examines the beginnings of 'Perpendicular'. Dr Hastings sets forth the whole theory of the incidence and discrimination of principles and practice of the Court School of masons and decorators, taking as his focal point the building of St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster (1292–1347).
