Category: Medieval

“Gleanings from Westminster Abbey.” The second edition which came out in 1863, not long after the first edition sold out far more rapidly than had been hoped for. By George Gilbert Scott who was architect and Surveyor of the Fabric at the Abbey from 1849-1878 with help from William Burges and eleven other learned gentlemen most of whom were Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries. Where kings of England have been crowned going back to before Henry V of Agincourt fame was crowned here in 1413.

ORIGIN OF WINDOW TRACERY: Triforium, Peterborough Cathedral, A.D. 1140. – Saint Maurice, York. ca. 1160 – Porch of Saint Mary’s Shrewsbury, ca. 1180. Plate II, Page 44 of Gleanings from Westminster Abbey. George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n44/mode/1up
PROGRESS OF WINDOW TRACERY: Bourges Cathedral – Chartres Cathedral – Tours Cathedral. Plate III Page 46 of Gleanings from Westminster Abbey. George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n46/mode/1up
PROGRESS OF WINDOW TRACERY: Auxerre Cathedral – Bourges Cathedral – Saint Martin des Champs, Paris – Sainte-Cbapelle, Paris. Plate V, Page 49 of Gleanings from Westminster Abbey. George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n49/mode/1up
CLERESTORY WINDOWS: Choir – Northeast angle of nave, a. Eastern jamb temp, Henry III. b. Western Jamb Temp, Edward I – Junction of styles, Nave. a. Eastern jamb, temp. Edward I. b. Western jamb temp, Richard II. Plate X, Page 74 of Gleanings from Westminster Abbey. George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n74/mode/1up

These are just the window tracery engravings there is a lot more in this book. So more coming

Working on acquiring a medieval mind while actually studying at the School of Rome in 1898.  Imagery from Julian Guadet’s “Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. Détails d’architecture italienne par les Elèves de l’Ecole de Rome” with the artwork by various students.

Ravello –  Chaire de la Cathédrale: d’après les dessins de Mr. (Edmond) Paulin. Heliogravure: Lemercier. Charles Schmid, edit. Image 7 Julian Guadet’s Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. Détails d’architecture italienne par les Elèves de l’Ecole de Rome published in 1898. Image source gallicabnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10546217n/f7.item.r=guadet.zoom#
ROME: Cloitre de la Basilique Saint Jean de Latran. Heliogravure: Lemercier. Charles Schmid, edit. Image 13 of Julian Guadet’s Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. Détails d’architecture italienne par les Elèves de l’Ecole de Rome published in 1898. Image source gallicabnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10546217n/f13.item.r=guadet
VERONE – Tombeau de Scalicier. D’après de dessins de Mr. (Charles Louis) Girault. Heliogravure: Lemercier. Charles Schmid, edit. Page 14 of Julian Guadet’s Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. Détails d’architecture italienne par les Elèves de l’Ecole de Rome published in 1898. Image source gallicabnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10546217n/f20.item.r=guadet#
Cloitre de la Basilique Saint Jean de Latran. D’après les dessins de Mr. (Pierre) Esquié. Heliogravure: Lemercier. Charles Schmid, edit. Page 6 of Julian Guadet’s Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. Détails d’architecture italienne par les Elèves de l’Ecole de Rome published in 1898. Image source gallicabnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10546217n/f12.item.r=guadet
Fontaines a Perouse et a Viterbe. D’après des dessins de M. Auguste Ancelet. Heliogravure: Lemercier. Charles Schmid, edit. Page 17 of Julian Guadet’s Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. Détails d’architecture italienne par les Elèves de l’Ecole de Rome published in 1898. Image source gallicabnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10546217n/f23.item.r=guadet#
VENISE – Tombeau de Endramin. D’après les dessins de Mr. H. Eustache. Heliogravure: Lemercier. Charles Schmid, edit. Page 32 of Julian Guadet’s Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. Détails d’architecture italienne par les Elèves de l’Ecole de Rome published in 1898. Image source gallicabnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10546217n/f38.item.r=guadet#
Loges de Raphael au Vatican. D’après les dessins de Mr. Guadet. Heliogravure: Lemercier. Charles Schmid, edit. Page 48 of Julian Guadet’s Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. Détails d’architecture italienne par les Elèves de l’Ecole de Rome published in 1898. Image source gallicabnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age.  https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10546217n/f54.item.r=guadet#  
ROME – Adaptation Decorative pour un Salon de la Villa Medicis. D’’après les dessins de Mr. (Hector) d’Espouy.  Heliogravure: Lemercier. Charles Schmid, edit. Page 73 of Julian Guadet’s Moyen-Âge et Renaissance. Détails d’architecture italienne par les Elèves de l’Ecole de Rome published in 1898. Image source gallicabnf.fr/Bibliothèque nationale de France. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10546217n/f79.item.r=guadet#    

Julien Guadet was a French architect, theoretician and professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Must have been at least associated with the School of Rome if he put this together.