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Notebook 9, March 28, 1938 - December 12, 1938

 File — Folder: 9
Identifier: Notebook 9

Scope and Contents

Saint Martin's Church (Canterbury); Saint Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury); Patrixbourne Church (Kent); Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Wingham (Kent); Barfreston Church (Kent); Shottesbrooke Church (Berkshire); Balliol College Chapel; Church of Saint Mary in Castro, Dover (Kent); Saint Margaret's-at-Cliffe, parish church (Kent); Saint Clement's Church, Sandwhich (Kent); Saint Mary's Church, Minster-in-Thanet (Kent); Lechlade Church (Saint Lawrence) (Gloucestershire); Saint Mary's Church, Chislet (Kent); Rochester Cathedral (Onrest of the Blessed Virgin) (Kent); Faversham Church (Saint Mary of Charity) (Kent); Lullington Church (Somerset); Beckington Church (Saint George) (Somerset); Church of Saint Lawrence, Bradford-upon-Avon (Wiltshire); Letter to Ralph, dated August 13, 1961; Edington Church (Wiltshire); Steeple Ashton Church (Saint Mary the Virgin) (Wiltshire); Roman Baths at Bath; Saint Mary Redcliffe, Bristol (Gloucestershire); Northleigh Church (Saint Mary) (Oxford); Dr. Ernst Kitzsinger, on 'Some Aspects of Early Church Art' (lecture delivered at the O.U.A.S.); Chipping Campden Church (Saint James) (Gloucestershire); Winchcombe Church (Saint Peter) (Gloucestershire); Stanton Fitzwarren Church (Wiltshire); Oxford Cathedral (addenda, mainly the charstorey); Rendcombe Church (Saint Peter) (Gloucestershire); Saint Levan Church (Saint Selevan) (Cornwall); Cirencester Church (Saint John the Baptist) (Gloucestershire); Eynsham Church (Saint Leonard) (Oxford); Qinton Church (Saint Swithin) (Gloucestershire); Northleach Church Revisited (Gloucestershire); Enstone Church and Barn; Swalcliffe, the Rectorial Manor and Church (Oxford); Chilton Church (Buckshire); Newbury Church (Saint Nicholas) (Berkshire); Winchester Cathedral; Winchester College; G. G. Coulton's Masons' Marks; Hanwell Church (Oxford); Cropredy Church (Oxford); Horley Church (Oxford); Hornton Church (Oxford); The Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Salisbury; Haythrop, Old Church (Oxford); Sandford Saint Martin Church (Oxford); Westcott Barton Church (Oxford); Church of Saint Michael, Guiting Power (same as Lower Guiting) (Gloucestershire); Saint Andrews Church, Ashton Blank (Gloucestershire); Didbrook Church (Saint George) (Gloucestershire); Stanton Church (Saint Michael) (Gloucestershire); Buckland Church (Gloucestershire); Broadway (old) Church (Saint Eadburh) (Worcestershire); Temple Guiting Church (Gloucestershire); General Bibliography; Index of Places.

Illustration Description

The illustrations throughout the notebook are in pencil or pen and feature the architectural details of English churches. On inside front cover is a engraving of Reculver, Kent, as well as a printers mark for Emberlin and Son, Oxford, maker of the notebook. A plate on first page shows the interior of St. Mary the Virgin Church, Oxfordshire. A handwritten note under the plate indicates it's from the 'Draconian', no. 130, April 1931, and, according to the author, is "inaccurate". On the following pages, smaller illustrations within the text include diagrams of interior wall naves; capitals with stringcourse ornamentation and mouldings; windows; patterns of quatrefoils, chancels, and rosettes; mason's marks; a sections of piers and bases; sections of tympanums; ground floor plans in color; lintals and arches; tracery; clerestory windows; rubbings of mason's marks; door jambs; the canopy in the St. Mary Redcliffe aisle; the central pillar of the North arcade in Northleigh Church (St. Mary); paintings representing Roman culture; a carving of a knight in Stanton Fitzwarren Church; cinquefoiled or quatrefoils sub-lights within arched windows; types of bases and piers; corbels; abacas; and bays along arcades. Other loosely inserted material includes an engraving of the Castle and Bridge at Rochester (Cathedral) and a pamphlet about Winchester Cathedral.

Dates

  • Creation: March 28, 1938 - December 12, 1938

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 45 Volumes (approximately 2.25 linear feet) : 45 volumes in 2 boxes

From the Collection: 1 boxes (Contains volumes 1-19)

From the Collection: 2 boxes (Contains volumes 20-45)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

R. H. C. Davis's notebook surveying the architectural elements of churches throughout parts of England. His title from the first page reads: "Volume IX including visits to parts of Kent, Somerset, Wilts, Oxon, Glos, Cornwall, and Berkshire". The descriptions were recorded from March 28 to December 12, 1938, though some entries have later dates when the writer revisited the sites. Entries are written on the front of the page with corrections or later additions added on the back. At the end of the General Bibliography is a list of Other Places Visited and is continued at the end of the Index. The Other Places Visited include: Reculver Church, Hinton Charterhouse (Somerset), Bath Abbey (Somerset), Bristol Cathedral (Glos), Eton College Chapel (Buckshire?), Barford Saint Michael (Oxford), Deddington Church (Oxford), Woolton? Church (Buckshire), King's College (Cambridge), Queen's College (Cambridge), and Saint John's College (Cambridge). A note with the title indicates that the visits were too brief to be of use, or accounts were appended to earlier accounts. About halfway through the notebook is a typed letter loosely inserted. The letter is addressed to Ralph Davis from John H. Harvey, and dated August 13 1961. John Harvey was a English architectural historian and wrote to Ralph about the puzzling elements of the Edington Church. He also asked Ralph a number of questions, first for suggestions about identifying a mason's marks, and second, for a second opinion on the dating of Albert Memorial Chapel for a St. George's Windsor Friends report. The letter is signed.

Dimensions

250 x 205 x 16 mm

Repository Details

Part of the Western Michigan University Special Collections Repository

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