COLLECTION NAME:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_RHCDavis_b2nb21
Title:
R. H. C. Davis Notebook 21
Title Alternative:
Volume XXIX
Creator:
Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991
Date:
1965-08-23/1977-12-03
Description:
R. H. C. Davis's field notebook surveying cathedrals, priories, and castles throughout parts of Germany, Austria, Franconia, Italy, and England. His title on the first page of the notebook reads: "XXIX." The entries begin on August 23, 1965 and continue intermittently to December 3, 1977. A couple entries have multiple dates indicating when Davis revisited the sites. The entries are written on the front of the page with corrections or later additions from research added on the back. Most entries begin with chronological list of dates and mark key events such as restoration and remodeling campaigns, destruction by war or natural disaster, and when additions were made. The chronology is followed by a summary of architectural elements based on observations and research and, occasionally, reinforced with illustrations. Themes include architectural history for each site, "impressive" features, examinations of mason marks, Norman influences, Roman ruins through England, the private treasure of the imperial and royal house of Austria, a brief history of the surrounding towns, a critical look at other researcher's interpretations and conclusions, his own theories and conclusions, historical context, and some references to published archaeological discoveries. The entry for the Parish Church of Breedon-on-the-Hill includes the following note: Revisited with ENL? and John Blair. Throughout the notebook are inserted materials. The majority of the text is written in English with an inscription written in Latin.
Contents:
Limburg a. d. Lahn, St. George (Nassau); Regensburg (Bavaria); Vienna (Austria); Carnuntum, Petronell (Lower Austria); Melk Abbey (Lower Austria); Schlagl Abbey (Upper Austria); The Schatzkammer and Vienna (Austria); Bamberg (Franconia); Ebrach Abbey (Franconia); Westhall (E. Suffolk); Westhall Church (E. Suffolk); Southwold Church (E. Suffolk); Blythburgh Church (E. Suffolk); Orford (E. Suffolk); Aldeburgh (E. Suffolk); The Norfolk Broads (Norfolk); Brixen (Tyrol, Italy); Oberammergau (Bavaria); Repton Church (Derbyshire); South Wingfield Manor House (Derbyshire); Breedon-on-the-hill Church (Leics); Ashby de la Zouch (Laics); Leicester, St. Nicholas Church and Jewry Wall (Leics); Leicester, The Castle and St. Mary de Castro (Leics); Chaddesley Corbett Church (Worcs); Romsley Church, St. Kenelm (Worcs); Leominster Priory (Heref); Eardisley Church (Heref); Pedmore Church (Worcs); Claverley Church, see page 71 (Salop); Wedmore Church (Somerset); Chewton Mendip Church (Somerset); Richard's Castle: Castle and church (Heref); Heath Chapel (Salop); Lavendon Church (Busks?); Rock Church (Worcs); Edwyn Ralph Church (Herefordshire); Tutbury Priory (Staffs); Tutbury Castle (Staffs); Stoke Prior Church (Worcs); Aston Eyre Church (Salop); Strensham Church (Worcs); Minchinhampton Church (Glos); Kenilworth Castle (Warwicks); Worfield Church (Salop); Claverley Church revisited, see page 50 (Salop); Bridgnorth Castle and St. Mary Magdalene (Salop); Wirksworth Church (Derbyshire)
Illustration Description:
The illustrations feature details of architectural elements including ground floor plans with color codes to indicate the building expansions or add-ons and styles; mason marks; details of architectural elements such as capitals, piers, window tracery, vault ribs, doorways, chancel arches and bases; color codes maps of landscapes around sites; ornamentation decoration; sketch of a creature from R.C.H.M. iii, plate 105; a palm leaf decoration at Aston Eyre Church. Other illustrations feature genealogies of owners of the castles including Duke Leopold VI's family tree, and Helgot of Stanton family tree. Loose material at the end of the notebook includes: photographs of the exterior of Westhall, Walberswick Church; a newspaper article entitled 'Archaeology Secrets of Reption's Royal Remains' by Norman Hammon, handwritten date of September 16, 1988; a pamphlet of Repton Project 9th session 2-29 August, 1982 by Martin Biddle; clippings of illustrations from R.C.H.M. iii, plate 105; a pamphlet entitled 'Notes on the Priory Church of Saint Mary the Virgin Tutbury, Staffordshire'; another pamphlet entitled 'Norman Church at Aston Eyre and it's connections with the Fitz Aer Family'; and photographs of the exterior of Stoke Priory Church and the Aston Eyre Church.
Subject:
Architecture--Research
Subject:
Architecture--History
Subject:
Architecture, Medieval
Subject:
Architecture, Norman
Subject:
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Subject:
Regensburg (Germany)--Antiquities, Roman
Subject:
Leicester (England)--Antiquities, Roman
Subject:
Architecture, Roman
Subject:
Regalia (Insignia)--Austria
Buildings Identified:
Limburger Dom (Germany)
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Kloster Ebstorf (Germany)
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St. Andrew's Church (Westhall, Suffolk, England)
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Church of St. Edmund King and Martyr (Southwold, England)
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Holy Trinity Church (Blythburgh, England)
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St. Andrew's Church (Walberswick, England)
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Holy Trinity Church (Blythburgh, England)
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Orford Castle (Orford, Suffolk, England)
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St. Bartholomew's Church (Orford, Suffolk, England)
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Duomo (Bressanone, Italy)
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Passionstheater Oberammergau (Oberammergau, Germany)
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St. Jakob (Church : Regensburg, Germany)
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St. Wystan's Church (Repton, England)
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Wingfield Manor
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Priory Church of St Mary and St Hardulph (Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, England)
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Church of Saint Michael and Saint Mary (Melbourne, Derbyshire, England)
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle (Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England)
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St. Nicholas Church (Leicester, Leicestershire, England)
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Jewry Wall (Leicester, Leicestershire, England)
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St Mary de Castro Church (Leicester, Leicestershire, England)
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Leicester Castle (Leicestershire, England)
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St. Cassian's Church (Chaddesley Corbett, England)
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Sankt Stephansdom (Vienna, Austria)
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Church of St. Kenelm's (Romsley, Worcestershire, England)
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Leominster Priory (Leominster, England)
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St. Mary Magdalene (Eardisley, Herefordshire, England)
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St. Peter's Church (Pedmore, Worcestershire, England)
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All Saints Church (Claverley, Shropshire, England)
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St. Mary's (Church : Wedmore, Somerset, England)
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Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England)
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St. Bartholomew's Church (Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England)
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Richard's Castle (Herefordshire, England)
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Heath Chapel (Heath, Shropshire, England)
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Stift Melk
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St. Michael and All Angels Church (Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England)
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Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (Rock, Worcestershire, England)
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St. Michael and All Angels (Edwyn Ralph, Herefordshire, England)
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Priory Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Tutbury, Staffordshire, England)
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Tutbury Castle (Tutbury, England)
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Stoke Prior (Worcestershire, England)
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Aston Eyre Parish Church (Aston Eyre, Shropshire, England)
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Church of St John the Baptist (Strensham, Worcestershire, England)
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Holy Trinity Church (Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England)
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Kenilworth Castle (Kenilworth, England)
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Stift Schlagl
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St. Peter's Church (Worfield, Shropshire, England)
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Bridgnorth Castle (Bridgnorth, England)
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Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England)
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St. Mary Magdalene (Quatford, Shropshire, England)
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St Mary's (Church : Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England)
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Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien
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Bamberger Dom
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Alte Hofhaltung (Bamberg, Germany)
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Altes Rathaus (Bamberg, Germany)
Places Identified:
Limburg an der Lahn (Germany)
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Broads, The (England)
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Bressanone (Italy)
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Oberammergau (Germany)
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Derbyshire (England)
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Leicester (England)
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Chaddesley Corbett (England)
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Worcestershire (England)
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Herefordshire (England)
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Shropshire (England)
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Somerset (England)
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Regensburg (Germany)
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Buckinghamshire (England)
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Staffordshire (England)
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Gloucestershire (England)
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Warwickshire (England)
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Vienna (Austria)
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Petronell (Austria)
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Bamberg (Germany)
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Franconia (Germany)
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Orford (Suffolk, England)
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Aldeburgh (England)
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Blythburgh (England)
People Identified:
Blair, John, 1955-
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:
1960 - 1969
Time Period:
1970 - 1979
Language:
eng; lat
Source:
R. H. C. Davis Collection (02-exws_davis), Notebook 21, "XXIX", Box 2, Folder 21, 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