COLLECTION NAME:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb11
Filename:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb11.tif
Title:
R. H. C. Davis Notebook 11
Title Alternative:
Volume VII
Creator:
Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991
Date:
1937-05-08/1937-10-25
Description:
R. H. C. Davis's notebook surveying the architectural elements of buildings throughout parts of Europe. His title from the first page reads: "Archaeological Notebook Volume VII mainly Germany, but including Paris and a few places in England". The entries were written from May 8, 1937 through October 25, 1937, though some have later dates when Davis revisited the sites. Additional loose material at the end of the notebook is dated September 29, 1938. Organized by location, entries are written on the front of each page with corrections or later additions added on the back. Most entries begin with a chronological history of the building. The history is followed by a summary of notable architectural elements based on observations and research. Many entries include small illustrations, "close-ups" of architectural features. The entries expand on the chronological outline, tracing the stages of development of architectural elements and structures. A theme is dating the various parts of the building and patterns in the development of elements. Some entries mention the masons who made restorations as well as their mason marks. The entries are predominately written in English and some loose material written in German.
Contents:
List of books other than monographs (supplementary to the lists in other volumes); Notre-dame de Paris; La Sainte Chapelle (Paris); Chester Cathedral; Bangor Cathedral (North Wales); Abbey of Bebenhausen (Wierttemberg); Reutlingen Minster (Wurttemberg); Tubingen Stiftshirche (Collegiate Church, Wurttemberg); Maulbronn Abbey (Wurttemberg); The Stiftskirche (Stuttgart, Wurttemberg); Lorch Abbey (Wurttemberg); The Holy Cross Minster (Gmund, Wurttemberg); Church of St. Dionysius (Esslingen, Wurttemberg); The FrauenKirche (Esslingen, Wurttemberg); Neues Schloss Meseum (Stuttgart, Wurttemberg); Church of St. George in Dinkelsbuhl (Bavaria); St. George's Church (Nordlingen, Bavaria); Abbey Church of St. Ulrich, Augsburg (St. Ulrich's Minster, Bavaria); Augsburg Cathedral (Bavaria); Gampern Church, nr. Vocklabruck, Salzkammergut (Austria); St. Wolfgang Church, Salzkammergut (Austria); Mondsee Abbey in Salzkammergut (Austria); The Frauenkirche (Cathedral of our Lady); Some pictures in the Old Pinakothek (Munish); Munish (Bavaria); Ulm Minster (Parish Church of the Free City, Wurttemberg); Worms Cathedral (Rhineland); Church of St. Stephen, Mainz (Pauluskirche, Worms); St. Paul's Church (Worms); Mainz Cathedral (SS. Martin amd Boniface of Mainz), Jesse (Rhine); St. Maria in Kapitol, Cologne (Rhineland); Colonge Cathedral (Rhineland); Church of St. Gereon, Colonge (Rhineland); Aachen Cathedral (Rhineland); Broadwell Church (Oxon); Burford Church (Oxon); Chronological table of German Mediaeval Ecclesiastical Architecture; Coombe Church, St. Lawrence (Oxon); St. Peter's in the East (Oxford); Wood Easton Church (Oxon); Llandaff Cathedral (Glamorgan); Shere Church Surrey; Roman Village at Chedworth; E. T. Long on Mural Paintings; Index.
Illustration Description:
The notebook opens with two photographs: the first of Notre Dame de Paris by Henri Meunier from the Times, and the second, of Kloster Lorch (Hohenstauffen). Illustrations through feature: a segment of the apse showing walls and ribs and infilling at Notre-Dame de Paris; the rose window ornamented with bellflowers (Notre Dame); bases and griffs (?); a rough section of abacus; volutes and supports; detail of various bases; string-course; mason marks; mouldings; vaulting; sorbel? on pier in chapter house, cloister buttress, buttress refectory, mason marks on shields, a boss showing a portrait of master mason at Bebenhausen Abbey; rough floor plan of chancel; aisle vault, chapel vault, South bays of nave vault and bases at Tubingen Stiftskirche; the high vault in the nave and Romanesque windows at Maulbronn Abbey; mason mark from a rubbing at Stiftskirche (Stuttgart); arches over windows in tower and the cloister vault of Lorch Abbey; base of a chancel; half-section of pier; rough floor plan of the east end of St. George's Church (Nordlingen); base and top of a plinth; tracery in apse of Abbey Church of St. Ulrich; the barrel vault with groin lines and floor plan of the end of the high vault at Augsburg Cathedral; a color map labeled "Anschlub an Bl. 33, G. Freytag & Berndt: Ausflugskarte 35", names written in German; vault design in high nave and inner aisle nave at Ulm Minster; cushion cap ornamentation; skeleton of west arch and the springing of groin vault at St. Maria im Kapitol (Cologne); skeleton of arch ornamentation on apse and the springing of vault rib at the Church of St. Gereon (Cologne); diagram of top of north nave door and rough plan of rood stairs at Coombe Church; side view of porch walls terminating in buttresses; section of windows, the 'feathered' scallops a the top of a capital, mason marks and symbols on an alms box at St. Peter in the East; sedile at Wood Eaton Church (Oxon); the lozenge near the South door at Llandaff Cathedral; arch mouldings and pendants of tympanum; tracery in the South aisle of Shere Church (Surrey). On page 79 is an inserted, folded scrap-paper on which are drawn Normal mason marks possibly at Cornwall. At the end of the notebook are the following loose material: newspaper clipping showing a view of Munich; two pamphlets about the town Nordlingen. Both have the same title: "Nordlingen Die lebende Stadt Des Mittelalters" (written in German) and include maps.
Subject:
Architecture--Research
Subject:
Architecture, Gothic
Subject:
Church architecture--Germany
Subject:
Church architecture--England
Subject:
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Subject:
Architecture--History
Subject:
Historic buildings
Subject:
Architecture, Medieval
Subject:
Architecture, Norman
Subject:
Architecture, Romanesque
Buildings Identified:
Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathedral)
Buildings Identified:
Heiligkreuzmunster (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany)
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Stadtkirche St. Dionysius (Esslingen am Neckar, Germany)
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Frauenkirche (Esslingen am Neckar, Germany)
Buildings Identified:
Neues Schloss (Stuttgart, Germany)
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St. George's Church (Dinkelbuhl, Germany)
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St. Georgskirche (Nordlingen, Germany)
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St. Ulrich und Afra (Benedictine abbey : Augsburg, Germany)
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Gampern Parish Church
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St. Wolfgang (Church : Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Austria)
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Kloster Mondsee
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La Sainte-Chapelle, Honore de
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Frauenkirche (Munich, Germany)
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Johanniskirche (Schwabisch Gmund, Germany)
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Ulmer Münster
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Dom (Worms, Germany)
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St. Paul (Church : Worms, Germany)
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Kloster Maulbronn
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Mainzer Dom
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St. Maria im Kapitol (Church : Cologne, Germany)
Buildings Identified:
Kolner Dom
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St. Gereon's Basilica (Cologne, Germany)
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Chester Cathedral
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Aachener Dom
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Burford Church (Burford, Oxfordshire, England)
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St Laurence's Church (Combe Longa, Oxfordshire, England)
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St. Peter-in-the-East Church (Oxfordshire, England)
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Church of the Holy Rood (Woodeaton, Oxfordshire, England)
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Llandaff Cathedral (Llandaff, Wales)
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St. James's Church (Shere, England)
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Chedworth Roman Villa Site (England)
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Bangor Cathedral
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Kloster Bebenhausen
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Marienkirche (Reutlingen, Germany)
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Stiftskirche in Tübingen
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Stiftskirche in Stuttgart (Germany)
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Kloster Lorch (Lorch, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Places Identified:
Rhineland (Germany)
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Oxfordshire (England)
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Surrey (England)
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Worms (Germany)
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Bavaria
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Austria
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Wurttemberg-Baden (Germany)
Places Identified:
Nordlingen (Germany)
Keywords:
notebooks; Diaries; Travel; Illustrations; fieldwork (research); Architectural elements; Pamphlets
Collection:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Location:
Europe
Time Period:
1930 - 1939
Language:
eng; ger
Source:
R. H. C. Davis Collection (02-exws_davis), Notebook 11, "Volume VII", Box 1, Folder 11, 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 Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Type:
Text
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2024