COLLECTION NAME:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb19
Title:
R. H. C. Davis Notebook 19
Title Alternative:
Volume 33
Creator:
Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991
Date:
1978-06-21/1989-07-16
Description:
R. H. C. Davis's field notebook surveying architecture throughout parts of Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, and Morocco. His title from the inside front cover reads: "Vol 33". The entries begin on June 21, 1978 and continues intermittently to August 24, 1982, and then skip to July 15 and 16, 1989. The entries are written on the front of the page with corrections or later additions from research added on the back. The notebook begins with a bibliography list of sources consulted and is followed by the main entries. Most entries start with a chronology of key dates related to the building's history such as when the building was raised, when it was destroyed, ownership history, and when reconstructions and restorations were made. The chronology is followed by a summary of architectural elements based on observations and research and, occasionally, reinforced with illustrations. A major theme is an analysis of the historical evidence for each site in order to place the "phases" of building into history. Other themes include "striking" features, examinations of mason marks, a critical look at other researcher's interpretations and conclusions, his own theories and conclusions, historical context, the uses and functions of certain features, and references to archeological finds. Throughout the notebook are inserted materials. The majority of the text is written in English with some place names or inscriptions written in Spanish, Latin, or French.
Contents:
Spanish glossary from Bleston? (inside front cover); San Paolo Fuori le Mura (Rome); Santa Maria in Dominica on Caelian Hill (Rome); Castell St. Angelo and the Borgo (Rome); The Capitoline Museum (Rome); Antibes, La Garoupe Church; Cannes, Tour du Mont Chevalier (Alpes-Maritimes); Santiago de Compostela the Pilgrimage; Catalonia; Barcelona (Barcino); Three Breton Parish closes and churches; Granada Cathedral; the Alhambra, Granada; Seville - the Cathedral; Seville - the Alcazar; Lisbon (Estremadura); Oporto and Portugal (Douro); Romanian History; Bucharest (Romania); Sinaia the Monastery; Brasov, the Black Church (Transylvania, Romania); Bucharest, the Orthodox Patriarchal Church; Toulouse, St. Sernin, S. Saturninus; Oloron-Sainte-Marie, the Cathedral (Pyrenees); Jaca (Huesca); San Juan de la Pena, Cluniac Abbey of (Huesca) (Aragon); Leyre, Abbey of San Salvador De (Navarre); Pamplona (Navarre); Roncesvalles (Navarre); Santa Maria de Eunate (Navarre); Estella (Navarre); Puente la Reina (Navarre); Santa Domingo de la Calzada (Logrono, Old Castile); Burgos (Old Castile); Santa Maria la Real de las Huelgas (Burgos); the Charterhouse of Miraflores (Cartuja de Miraflores) (Burgos); Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos, Old Castile (Burgos); San Martin de Fromista, Old Castile (Palencia); Carrion de los Condes, Old Castile (Palencia); Sahagun, Abbey of St. Benedict and Church of San Timo (Leon); San Isidoro de Leon (Leon); Leon Cathedral; San Miguel de Escalada, Old Castile (Leon); Ponferrada, Las Ollas (Leon); Lugo (Galicia); Oviedo. General and San Julian de los Prados; Oviedo, Camera Santa; the Mount Naranco Sanctuaries, Santa Maria (Oviedo); The Naranco Sanctuaries, (San Miguel de Lillo); Gothic Architecture in Spain; Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque Chronology in Spain; Beatus Commentary on the Apocalypse British Library Add MS 11695; the Augustinian Abbey of Santa Maria del Sar Compostela; Covarrubias, town and collegiate church (Burgos); Mondonedo Cathedral (Galicia); Santillana del Mar, the Collegiate Church (Santander); Oviedo, San Julian de Los Prados continued from pg. 60 (Asturias); Santillana del Mar, the Collegiate church see also page 70 (Santander); Santander (Santander, Montana); Carcassonne (L 'Aude); Surgeres, Church of N.D. (Charente-Maritime); Sintra and Queluz (Portugal); La Roche-Courbon (nr. Saint-Porchaire); Moslem Seville (Ishbiliyal); Sintra, the Royal Palace (Cont.); L'lle d'Yeu; Budapest and North Hungary; Rabat (Morocco); Marrakesh (Morocco)
Illustration Description:
The illustrations throughout the notebook are in pencil or pen and feature the architectural details including decorative designs at Alhambra, the west front of Seville Cathedral, the triple-rope stringcourse and the stringcourse and moulding of round windows at Bucharest Orthodox Patriarchal Chuch, family trees, a "similar labarum" from Huesca, S. Pedro at Viajo, mason marks, bases in chancel and navel, the vaulting at Santa Maria la Real de las Huelgas (Burgos), "primitive labarum" in Lugo Cathedral, the flutery on pilaster Camera Santa (Ovieda), Latin text on a notice from Beatus Commary on the Apocalypse British Library, nave arcades at Lugo, nave arcades at Surgeres Church of Notre Dome, sequence of additions made to La Roche-Courbon keep. Throughout the notebook are inserted material including printed maps, floor plans of several churches and cathedrals, maps sketched on tracing paper, and pamphlets.
Subject:
Architecture--Research
Subject:
Architecture and history
Subject:
Architecture--History
Subject:
Architecture, Medieval
Subject:
Architecture, Norman
Subject:
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Subject:
Antiquities
Subject:
Architecture, Gothic--Spain
Subject:
Banker marks
Subject:
Stonemasonry
Buildings Identified:
San Paolo fuori le mura (Church : Rome, Italy)
Buildings Identified:
Église Saint-Miliau (Guimiliau, France)
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Catedral de Granada
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Alhambra (Granada, Spain)
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Catedral de Sevilla
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Real Alcázar de Sevilla (Seville, Spain)
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Santa Maria Maior de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Mosteiro dos Jerónimos (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Sé Catedral do Porto
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Sinaia Monastery (Sinaia, Romania)
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Black Church (Braşov, Transylvania, Romania)
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Basilica Minore di Santa Maria in Domnica alla Navicella (Rome, Italy)
Buildings Identified:
Biserica Ortodoxă Română
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Basilica of Saint-Sernin (Toulouse, France)
Buildings Identified:
Cathédrale d'Oloron Sainte-Marie
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Catedral de San Pedro (Jaca, Huesca, Spain)
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San Juan de la Peña (Monastery)
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Monasterio de San Salvador de Leire (Navarra, Spain)
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Iglesia de Santa María de Eunate (Navarra, Spain)
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Santo Domingo de la Calzada (Spain)
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Castle of Burgos (Old Castile, Spain)
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Monasterio de Las Huelgas de Burgos (Spain)
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Passetto di Borgo of Castel Sant'Angelo (Rome, Italy)
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Cartuja de Miraflores (Burgos, Spain)
Buildings Identified:
Santo Domingo de Silos (Benedictine abbey)
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Iglesia de San Martín de Tours (Frómista, Palencia, Spain)
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Carriòn de los Condes (Spain)
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Royal Monastery of San Benito (Sahagún, Spain)
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Basílica de San Isidoro (León, Spain)
Buildings Identified:
Catedral de León
Buildings Identified:
San Miguel de Escalada (Monastery : León, Spain)
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Santo Tomás de las Ollas (Ponferrada, León, Spain)
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Lugo Cathedral (Lugo, Galicia, Spain)
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Musei capitolini (Rome, Italy)
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Basílica de San Julián de los Prados (Oviedo, Spain)
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Cámara Santa (Catedral de Oviedo)
Buildings Identified:
Iglesia de Santa María del Naranco (Oviedo, Spain)
Buildings Identified:
San Miguel de Lillo (Church : Naranco, Spain)
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Colegiata de Santa María del Sar (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Buildings Identified:
Monasterio de San Paio de Antealtares (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Buildings Identified:
Catedral de Mondoñedo (Mondoñedo, Spain)
Buildings Identified:
Ex Colegiata de San Cosme y San Damián (Covarrubias, Spain)
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Convent of St Dominic (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Buildings Identified:
Colegiata de Santa Juliana (Santillana del Mar, Spain)
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Eglise Notre Dame de la Garoupe (Antibes, France)
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Église Notre-Dame de Surgères (Charente-Maritime, France)
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Castelo dos Mouros (Sintra, Portugal)
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Palácio de Queluz (Museum : Queluz, Portugal)
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Château de la Roche-Courbon (France)
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Catedral de Sevilla
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Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Budapest, Hungary)
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Camino de Santiago de Compostela
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Catedral de Barcelona
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L’enclos paroissial de Saint-Thégonnec (Brittany, France)
Buildings Identified:
Lampaul-Guimiliau Parish close (Brittany, France)
Places Identified:
Barcelona (Spain)
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Oviedo (Spain)
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Covarrubias (Spain)
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Autoridad Portuaria de Santander
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Carcassonne (France)
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Sintra (Portugal)
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Queluz (Portugal)
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Yeu Island (France)
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Budapest (Hungary)
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Rabat (Morocco)
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Marrakech (Morocco)
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Lisbon (Portugal)
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Antiquities, Roman
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Douro (Portugal)
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Bucharest (Romania)
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Jaca (Spain)
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Pamplona (Spain)
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Roncesvalles (Spain)
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Estella (Spain)
Places Identified:
Puente la Reina (Spain)
Keywords:
notebooks; Research; Diaries; History; Travel; fieldnotes (Research); Ruins; Monasteries; Architectural elements; Illustrations; Travel sketches; Antiquities
Collection:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Location:
Europe
Time Period:
1970 - 1979
Time Period:
1980 - 1989
Language:
eng; spa
Source:
R. H. C. Davis Collection (02-exws_davis), Notebook 19, "vol. 33", Box 1, Folder 19, 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.
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2025