COLLECTION NAME:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Record
Identifier:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb05
Filename:
exws_RHCDavis_b1nb05.tif
Title:
R. H. C. Davis Notebook 5
Title Alternative:
Archaeological Notebook II
Creator:
Davis, R. H. C. (Ralph Henry Carless), 1918-1991
Date:
1935
Description:
R. H. C. Davis's archaeological notebook dating from May 14 to September 7, 1935. The notebook opens with a handwritten title which reads "Archaeological Notebook II" and is followed by two photographs: the first of the inner gateway of Reading Annex and the second a group portrait of students. Handwriting on the back of the photograph indicates the date and the event. Following the photographs is a pamphlet titled "A Brief History of the Palace of the Bishops of Bath and Wells". The content describes the history of the site and palace of Jocelin, last Bishop of Bath. A summary on the first page of the notebook reads: "includes notes on two churches of rank, two churches of the second rank, four abbey ruins, and seventeen parish churches. Districts visited: Reading district, North Oxfordshire, Parts of Somersetshire and Geneva." The notebook ends with loose material inserted after the last page. Inserted material includes scrap paper with notes in various pen followed by drawings of Mason's marks on the West Tower of Wells of Saint Cuthbert’s. All entries are dated, and some have two separate dates. The first when Davis first visited the site and the second indicates re-visits in 1961 and 1973.
Contents:
Reading Abbey; Burnham Abbey (Augustininian), Bucks; Checkenden Parish Church, Oxon; Sulhamstead Abbots Church, Berkshire; Ewelme Church, Oxon; Saint Peter's Cathedral, Geneva; Summer Holidays; Geneva Cathedral, Langford Parish Church (Oxon); Broughton Poggs Parish Church (Oxon); Saint Cuthbert's Church, Wells; Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset (Benedictine); Saint John's Church, Glastonbury; Over Stowey Church, Somerset; Saint Mary's Church, Bridgwater; Cothlestone? Church, Somerset; Watchet Church (St. Decamon), Somerset; Prior and Parish Church of Saint George, Dunster, Somerset; Crowcombe Church, Somerset; Cleeve Abbey, Somerset, Vallis Florida (Cistercian); Spaxton Church, Somerset; Stogursey Church or Priory, Somerset; Church of Saint John the Baptist, Frome Church, Somerset; Index to Volume 2.
Illustration Description:
The notebook opens with a photograph of the inner gateway of Reading Annex, followed by a group portrait photograph of students from the Summer School at Geneva taken in Summer 1935. Text on the back of photograph describes the date and circumstances. Throughout the notebook are hand-drawn examples of architectural details. Details include examples of moulding, a vaulting rib, base of columns, rough sections of abacus, floorplan of Glastonbury Abby (Somerset) in colored pencil, a Maltese or Patee Cross, window tracery, stringcourse, base mould in Nave pillars, section of a pier, illustrations from references, plan of treasury vault in Wells Cathedral, plan of a bay in a chapel, rough sketches of jambs, a tower base, plan of Garderobe in Cleeve Abbey, exaggerated plan of the South Aisle of Spaxton Church, and a rough section of Chancel in Spaxton Church. Many illustrations are not to scale.
Subject:
Architecture--Research
Subject:
Architecture, Gothic
Subject:
Architecture--England
Subject:
Church architecture
Subject:
Architecture--History
Subject:
Architectural decorations & ornaments
Subject:
Moldings
Buildings Identified:
Reading Abbey (Reading, England)
Buildings Identified:
Glastonbury Abbey
Buildings Identified:
Church of St John the Baptist (Glastonbury, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Church of SS. Peter & Paul (Over Stowey, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Parish Church of St Mary (Bridgwater, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Church of St Thomas of Canterbury (Cothelstone, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Church of St. Mary (Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
St. Decuman's Church (Watchet, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Priory Church of St George (Dunster, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Church of the Holy Ghost (Crowcombe, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Cleeve Abbey (Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Burnham Abbey (Buckinghamshire, England)
Buildings Identified:
Church of St. Margaret (Spaxton, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Church of St. Andrew (Stogursey, Somerset, England)
Buildings Identified:
Parish Church of St. John the Baptist (Frome, England)
Buildings Identified:
Parish Church of SS. Peter & Paul (Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England)
Buildings Identified:
Parish Church of St. Mary (Sulhamstead, Oxfordshire, England)
Buildings Identified:
Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Ewelme, Oxfordshire, England)
Buildings Identified:
St. Peter’s Cathedral (Geneva, Switzerland)
Buildings Identified:
Parish Church of St. Matthew (Langford, Oxfordshire, England)
Buildings Identified:
Parish Church of St. Peter (Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire, England)
Buildings Identified:
St. Cuthbert's Church (Wells, England)
Places Identified:
Oxfordshire (England)
Places Identified:
Berkshire (England)
Places Identified:
Geneva (Switzerland)
Places Identified:
Somerset (England)
Keywords:
notebooks; Research; Ruins; Archaeological sites; Floor plans; Travel; History; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Capitals (Columns); Sections; Illustrations
Collection:
R. H. C. Davis Notebooks Collection
Location:
England
Location:
Switzerland
Time Period:
1930 - 1939
Language:
eng
Source:
R. H. C. Davis Collection (02-exws_davis), Notebook 5, "R.H.C. Davis. 4/V/35-7/9/35, 2. Clarendon Villas, Oxford", Box 1, Folder 5, 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