Masterpieces of Medieval Open Timber Roofs
By Raphael Brandon and J. Arthur Brandon
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This excellent reproduction of a rare nineteenth-century volume includes numerous full-page illustrations and construction details revealing a wealth of information on the major roof styles (tie-beam, trussed rafter, hammer-beam, and collar-braced) of medieval English churches. More than 50 illustrations of 34 English churches are included, among them the exquisite double hammer-beam roof of Knapton Church in Norwich, the richly ornamented roof over Trinity Chapel, Cirencester Church, in Gloucestershire, and the magnificent roof over Wymondham Church, in Norfolk, in which hammer-beams, boldly projecting into the nave, are exquisitely carved into figures of angels with expanding wings.
These and many more masterly constructions are captured in the authors' own geometric and perspective drawings (done on-site), superbly reproduced here in detailed, highly accurate engravings. In addition to a wealth of pictorial detail, the authors also provide an informative general introduction to the major types of roof construction, as well as expert commentary on each individual roof, describing its distinguishing characteristics, ornament, measurements, and other details.
Artists and illustrators will prize these beautifully rendered plates for their beauty and detail, while architects, antiquarians, and lovers of things medieval will appreciate the authenticity of the plates and the knowledgeable commentary of the architect-authors.
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Masterpieces of Medieval Open Timber Roofs - Raphael Brandon
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Bibliographical Note
This Dover edition, first published in 2005, is an unabridged republication of The Open Timber Roofs of the Middle Ages, published by David Bogue, London, 1849. Color plates 36, 37 and 38 have been reprinted in color on the inside covers; however, they also appear in their original places in black-and-white. The other two color plates (21 and 22) have been reprinted in black-and-white only.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brandon, Raphael, 1817–1877.
[Open timber roofs of the Middle Ages]
Masterpieces of medieval open timber roofs / Raphael Brandon and J. Arthur Brandon. Dover ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: Open timber roofs of the Middle Ages. London: David Bogue,1849.
9780486157757
1. Roofs, Open-timbered. 2. Architecture, Medieval. 3. Church architecture. I.
Brandon, Joshua Arthur, 1822-1847. II. Title.
NA2900.B7 2005
721’.5’0902—dc22
2005045459
Manufactured in the United States of America
Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501
PREFACE.
THE conviction that, of the various branches of Ecclesiastical Architecture, the Open Timber Roofs of our ancient Churches had received the smallest portion of attention, induced us to undertake its investigation : most of the other parts of a sacred edifice present an inviting field to the artist and amateur, and we have to acknowledge many beautiful and valuable treatises from their hands: the subject of the present work, however, affords little such attraction, and, indeed, appears particularly appertaining to the province of the Architect, from whom alone could be expected that research into the constructive features which necessarily claim the devotion of much time and application.
The urgency of a close inquiry will be at once manifest, when it is considered how valuable these excellent models must be to us, not so much for servile imitation, as to show the spirit with which the Mediæval Architects always sought to give to necessary construction the most beautiful forms ; how far they succeeded is seen in their universally admired works : let us imitate their example in our new churches, where vaulting is generally impossible, and rarely even desirable.
In the pursuance of our task, we have visited many of our remaining specimens, and have selected for illustration those roots which appeared most worthy of remark, as well for the excellence of their framing and design, as for affording specimens of the various methods of construction ; of these we have furnished geometrical and perspective drawings from careful admeasurements, in every instance taken by ourselves; we have also accompanied them with such remarks and comments as we think may be serviceable, the more fully to explain them.
The favourable reception bestowed upon our former publications has, if possible, stimulated us to more zeal in carrying out this work than even the love of the gratifying task itself would have caused us to devote to it; we acknowledge a debt of gratitude to the Archaeological and Architectural world, and trust that the present volume will show how highly we appreciate their approbation.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
DESCRIPTION OF TERMS.
FIRST DIVISION; OR, TIE-BEAM ROOFS,
SECOND DIVISION; OR TRUSSED-RAFTER ROOFS.
THIRD DIVISION; OR HAMMER-BEAM ROOFS.
FOURTH DIVISION; OR COLLAR-BRACED ROOFS.
ON AISLE ROOFS.
CONCLUSION.
MASTERPIECES OF MEDIEVAL OPEN TIMBER ROOFS - DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
INTRODUCTION.
THE historian, whose task it may be to chronicle the events of the nineteenth century, and to trace the progress of intellect, the improvements and revolutions in learning and science of which this country has been the cradle, will probably find few that are more gratifying, or which are destined to exercise a more beneficial influence on mankind, than the important change which has happily occurred in the matter of Ecclesiastical Architecture.
Doubtless he will have to record incidents of a more startling nature, and social and political revolutions of more universal interest; but the page of history, though it may recount all these, and be further charged with the wonders in art, the giant strides in science, and the miracles which the genius of man has performed, will yet possess no fairer characters than those which narrate the glorious improvement in Church Architecture, and the greatly better ordering of God’s Temples.
And yet, vast though the improvement in this respect may have been, we are still far from having attained perfection in the construction of our Churches. It is a somewhat hackneyed observation, that though much has been done, yet much remains to be done. Much indeed has been done, much written and said on this interesting subject; the good that has been wrought by the revival of a purer taste in Architecture, and a recurrence to better principles, is but the harbinger of the good yet to be achieved. Architecture has at length roused itself from its slumber; or, to speak more correctly, has burst from the thraldom in which the vitiated taste of Puritanism had held it; it has risen, Phoenix-like from its ashes, to accomplish once more that beauty and perfection which made our Churches such worthy monuments of love divine, such
glorious works of fine intelligence."
Amidst the many beauties that these Sacred Edifices present to the admirers of Mediaeval Architecture, none are more striking than the taste and skill exhibited in the formation of the Roofs; and, indeed, there is no portion of a building, whether Ecclesiastical or Secular, requiring more skill in its construction, or that is more