COLLECTION NAME:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb10
Filename:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb10.tif
Title:
R. H. C. Davis Notebook 10
Title Alternative:
Volume VIII
Creator:
Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991
Date:
1937-10-17/1938-03-28
Description:
R. H. C. Davis's notebook surveying the architectural elements of churches from parts of England. His title from the first page reads: "Volume VIII dealing mainly with Oxon, but including Canterbury Cathedral, parts of Berks, Glos, Hants, Wores, and Surrey". The entries were written from October 17, 1937 through March 28, 1938. Organized by location, entries are written on the front of the page with corrections or later additions added on the back. Some entries begin with a list of dates starting with when the structure was raised, and including notable events such as when reconstructions or restorations were made. The list is followed by a summary of architectural elements based on observations and research and, occasional, illustrations. The major theme of the entries is Davis's research into mason marks, both observed in buildings and researched. Some entries have Latin text copied from the resources he consulted. Entries are written on the front of each page with corrections or later additions added on the back. Throughout the notebook loose material has been inserted and includes letters, booklets, and notes on scrap paper. The first letter, written on All Souls College Oxford Stationary, is addressed to Davis. The letter dated August 6, 1946 and written in unreadable cursive. The second letter is on Oxford stationary, addressed to Davis, and dated August 3, 1941. The writer is E. F. Jacob. The cursive handwriting is unreadable. At the end of the notebook is a pictorial postcard, newspaper clipping, and two booklets. The first booklet is from the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society, and a newspaper clipping titled "Vindication of the Mallard". The final booklet features the floor plan of Canterbury Cathedral (7th edition).
Contents:
List of Books consulted (supplementary to those in vols V - VII; Ducklington Church (Oxon); Medieval English Paring Tiles from the lecture by Lloyd Haberly (lecture delivered to the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society); Black Bourton Church (Oxon); Mason's marks in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; St. George's Chapel in Oxford Castle; Anglo-Saxon Sculpture (from a lecture T. D. Kendrick); Minster Lovell Church (Oxon); Chipping Norton Church (Oxon); Addenbury Church, S. Mary (Oxon); Bloxham Church (Oxon); Rev. Herbert Pool's classification of mason's marks; Hayles Abbey [parish church], Glos. (Cistercian); Silchester Church (Hants); Barton on the Heath, church, nr. Moreton-in-the-Marsh (Wors.); Abinger Hatch Church (Surrey); Magdalen College Chapel Mason's marks (Oxford); S. Peter's in the East, Oxford, Mason's marks; New College Chapel, Oxford; All Souls College Chapel, Oxford; Stanton Harcourt Church (St. Michael), Oxon; Corpus Christi College, Oxford; British Building Stone; Magdalen College, revisited (Oxford); Childrey Church (Berks); Mr. J. B. Ward-Perkins, B. R. on Medieval Paving Tiles (lecture to the O. U. A. S.); All Souls Building Accounts; Building accounts of Merton College Tower, May 1448-1450; Farmington Church (Windrush Valley), St. Peter (Glos); Little Barrington Church, St. Peter (Glos); Great Barrington Church, St. Mary (Glos); Taynton Church (Oxon); Waterperry Church, St. Mary the Virgin (Oxon); Thames Churchwardens' accounts; Winchcomb parish Church, St. Peter (Glos); Sudeley Church (Glos); St. George's Chapel, Windsor (Berks); Canterbury Cathedral, Christ Church; Index; Canterbury Cathedral List of Books.
Illustration Description:
The notebook opens with a copy of an etching of Oxford Castle, Oxfordshire, made by Godfrey and dated March 1775. Small illustrations throughout include: a hood mould; vice of towers; window tracery; abacus; rough floor plans of the tower and pulpit of Black Bourton Church; detailed section of a tower pier; a diagram of a door jamb, detail of column bases and caps; string-courses; corbel tables; chancel arches; details of buttresses; rough plan of stairway in Bloxham Church; a chart containing Rev. Herbert Poole's classification of mason's marks; plan of the stoup and shaft, East Wall of Silchester Church; base of a plinth; the Northeast respond in the ante-chapel at New College Chapel; outer mould of windows; rough diagrams of transepts; window patterns at All Souls Building; a summary of masons in chart form for the year 1448-1450; a chart from the Roll "pro elevatione et evacuatione lapidum" at Headyington Quarry, 1448-1449; a chart related to Merton College's quarry, 1448-1449; a scalloped cap over or near the south door at Windrush Church; joint of volutes; floor plan of Winchcomb Church; tracery of Albert Memorial Chapel; rubbings of mason marks; mouldings in crypt of Canterbury Cathedral; details of the support of arches; and rough plan of one bay of ambulatory at Canterbury Cathedral. The majority of illustrations are mason's marks from the following locations: Christ Church Cathedral, Minster Lovel Church, Chipping Norton Church, Oxford Cathedral, Addenbury Church, Magdalen College Chapel, Saint Peter's in the East, All Souls College, Stanton Harcourt Church, Winchcomb Parish Church, and Canterbury Cathedral.
Subject:
Architecture--Research
Subject:
Church architecture--England
Subject:
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Subject:
Architecture--History
Subject:
Historic buildings--England
Subject:
Banker marks
Subject:
Architecture, Norman--England
Buildings Identified:
St. Bartholomew’s Church (Ducklington, Oxfordshire, England)
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Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Silchester, England)
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St. Lawrence's Church (Barton-on-the-Heath, England)
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St. James' Church (Abinger Common, Surrey, England)
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Magdalen College (University of Oxford). Chapel of St. Mary
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St. Peter-in-the-East Church (Oxfordshire, England)
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New College (University of Oxford). Chapel
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All Souls College (University of Oxford). Chapel
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St. Michael's Church (Stanton Harcourt, England)
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Corpus Christi College (University of Oxford)
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Church of St Mary (Childrey, England)
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St. Mary the Virgin (Church : Black Bourton, England)
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Merton College. Tower
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St. Peter’s Church (Farmington, England)
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St. Peter’s Church (Windrush, England)
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St. Peter's Church (Little Barrington, England)
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St. Mary's Church (Great Barrington, England)
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St. John the Evangelist Church (Taynton, England)
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Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Waterperry, England)
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St Mary the Virgin Church (Bampton, England)
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Parish of St. Mary (Thames, Oxfordshire, England)
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Church of St. Peter (Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England)
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Christ Church Cathedral (Oxford, England)
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Church of St. Mary (Sudeley, England)
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St. George's Chapel (Windsor Castle)
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Canterbury Cathedral
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Oxford Castle (Oxford, England)
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St. Kenelm's Church (Minster Lovell, England)
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Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church (Chipping Norton, England)
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Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Adderbury, England)
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St. Mary's Church (Bloxham, England)
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Hailes Abbey
Places Identified:
Oxfordshire (England)
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Oxford (England)
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Gloucestershire (England)
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Berkshire (England)
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Hampshire (England)
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Worcestershire (England)
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Surrey (England)
Keywords:
notebooks; Research; Diaries; Floor plans; Travel; History; Capitals (Columns); Illustrations; Moldings; Architectural elements; Windows; Inscriptions; Correspondence; fieldwork (research)
Collection:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Location:
England
Time Period:
1930 - 1939
Language:
eng; lat
Source:
R. H. C. Davis Collection (02-exws_davis), Notebook 10, "IX", Box 1, Folder 10, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Format:
image/tiff
Rights Status:
In Copyright.
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by the Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Type:
Text
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2024