Medieval Art, Architecture & Archaeology at Canterbury

"From the time of the foundation of its cathedral in 597, Canterbury has been the epicentre of Britain's ecclesiastical history, and an exceptionally important centre for architectural and visual innovation. Focusing especially but not exclusively on Christ Church cathedral, this legacy is explored in seventeen essays concerned with Canterbury's art, architecture and archaeology between the early Anglo-Saxon period and the close of the middle ages. Papers consider the relationship between between architectural setting and liturgical practice, and between stationary and movable fittings, while fresh insights are offered into the aesthetic, spiritual, and pragmatic considerations that shaped the fabric of Christ Church and St Augustine's abbey, alongside critical reflections on Canterbury's historiography and relationship to the wider world. Taken together, these studies demonstrate the richness of the surviving material, and its enduring ability to raise new questions.

Alixe Bovey is a Canadian medieval art historian and head of research at the Courtauld Institute of Art, a college of the University of London.

1. Complete, thorough, and undeniable': Robert Willis and the Architectural History of Canterbury Cathedral 2. The Rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral by Archbishop Wulfred (805-32) 3. Sources for the Liturgy of Canterbury Cathedral in the Central Middle Ages 4. St Anselm and the Visual Arts at Canterbury Cathedral, 1093-1109 5. The Entry Complex at the Cathedral Priory 6. Recent Interpretations of the Late-12th-Century Rebuilding of the East End of Canterbury Cathedral and its Historical Context 7. Shaping a Saint's Identity: The Imagery of Thomas Becket in Medieval Italy 8. The Nova Opera of Prior Henry of Eastry 9. The Monks' Library at Christ Church Canterbury c. 1180-c. 1250 10. The Romanesque Screen at Canterbury Cathedral Reconsidered 11. The Ferramenta of the Oculi at Canterbury Cathedral 12. The Mystery of the So-Called 'Old Bakery' Chamber above St Anselm's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral 13. The Canterbury vestiarium: Why Did it Combine the Roles of Treasury and Arch? 14. The Royal Window (c. 1485) at Canterbury Cathedral and the Magnificat Window (c. 1500) at Great Malvern Priory (Worcs.): Dynastic Rivalry in Late Medieval England? 15. Kinship and Architectural Patronage in Late Medieval Canterbury: The Hollands, the Lady Chapel and the Empty Tomb 16. The Great Gate of St Augustine's Abbey: Architecture and Context 17. Vere hortus noster deliciarum est Anglia': John of Thanet, the Madonna Master and a Fragment of English Medieval Embroidery