LEADER 03387nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910462741603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84217-761-3 010 $a1-299-48524-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000342293 035 $a(EBL)1165971 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000856363 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11488180 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856363 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10817999 035 $a(PQKB)10243305 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1165971 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1165971 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10695207 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL479774 035 $a(OCoLC)839388943 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000342293 100 $a20101202d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe lantern tower of Westminster Abbey, 1060-2010$b[electronic resource] $ereconstructing its history and architecture /$fby Warwick Rodwell ; with a contribution by Richard Gem ; foreword by the Dean of Westminster 210 $aOxford, U.K. ;$aOakville, Conn. $cOxbow Books$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (113 p.) 225 1 $aWestminster Abbey occasional papers ;$vser. 3, no. 1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84217-979-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [99]-104) and index. 327 $aCover; Foreword by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster; Acknowledgements; 1 Westminster Abbey: the Crossing; 2 Edward the Confessor's Crossing Tower and Lantern; 3 Henry III's Unfinished Crossing Tower; 4 The Late Medieval Stone and Timber Lantern; 5 The Disappearance of the Medieval Lantern; 6 Sir Christopher Wren's Ambitious Tower and Spire; 7 Begun, but still Incomplete: Nicholas Hawksmoor's Crossing Tower and Spire; 8 James Wyatt and the Fire of 1803; 9 Sir George Gilbert Scott and 'some ameliorations in the Lantern' 327 $a10 The Early Twentieth Century, World War II, and the Aftermath11 New Surveys of the Crossing and Lantern, 2009-10; 12 Summary and Conclusions; Appendix: Function and Variety in Early Crossing Towers and their Superstructures by Richard Gem; Notes and References; Index 330 $aWestminster Abbey is one of the most important and well-known medieval buildings in Europe but, despite being studied by generations of scholars, there is still much to learn about its history and architecture. The lantern over the centre of the church is a case in point. Edward the Confessor built a great tower here, which is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. When Henry III was rebuilding the Abbey in the 1250's, a new tower was begun which was to have dominated the Westminster skyline, but it was never finished and 150 years later an octagonal lantern like that at Ely Cathedral was built on... 410 0$aWestminster Abbey occasional papers ;$vser. 3, no. 1. 606 $aTowers$zEngland$zLondon 607 $aLondon (England)$xBuildings, structures, etc 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTowers 676 $a726.60942132 700 $aRodwell$b Warwick$0531910 701 $aGem$b Richard$0873008 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462741603321 996 $aThe lantern tower of Westminster Abbey, 1060-2010$91948773 997 $aUNINA