Author: John StuartPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aberdeen (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen (ed. by John Stuart.)
Author: John StuartPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aberdeen (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Aberdeen Journal" Notes and Queries
Author: Notes and Queries
Author: a list of valuable old books
Author: bernard quartichA catalogue of books, chiefly relating to English and American history and antiquities ... presented to the University of McGill college, Montreal, by Peter Redpath, esq
Author: Montreal McGill univ, librPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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A Catalogue of Books Chiefly Relating to English and American History and Antiquities
Author: McGill University. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, 1500-2000
Author: Jane GeddesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000107132
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
This new edition is a revised and expanded version of the book produced in 2000 to celebrate the quincentenary of King's College Chapel, Aberdeen. Since then, exciting discoveries have taken place and old ideas have been reappraised. The choir stalls and woodwork have provided a fresh seam of information about the meaning and use of the medieval chapel. Daniel MacCannell has identified new iconography in the stalls. Jane Geddes, prompted by the installation of the new organ, has investigated the original function and appearance of the great pulpitum or screen between the choir and nave and discovered the location of a magnificent lost organ loft. Mary Pryor and John Morrison have examined the great baroque biblical paintings and come up with a totally new interpretation of their iconography and function: a political warning to King Charles II. Easter Smart, the university chaplain, describes the flexible and ecumenical use of the chapel today. The revised edition appears in time to honour the quincentenary of the death of Bishop William Elphinstone, the founder of Aberdeen University, who died in 1514. This book aims to integrate his legacy to the chapel: the liturgy, music, architecture and fittings. Thanks to an unusually tolerant and conservative attitude towards religion at the university following the Reformation, the chapel has survived in a more complete medieval state than any other church in Scotland. The rich archive of university documents show how benign neglect and a fierce pride in their iconic building caused the university to maintain the structure and its furnishings even during the long centuries when it ceased to serve a religious function.
Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
Author: Faculty of Procurators in Glascow. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
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Princelie Majestie
Author: Andrea ThomasPublisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 0857907786
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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The lifestyle of a Renaissance prince and his court was a work of art in itself: a dazzling spectacle which propagated the power, dignity and fame of the monarch. The domestic routine of the royal household with its palatial surroundings, restless itinerary and occasional public pageants, provided the framework for cultural activity in its widest possible sense. Fine art, architecture, scholarship, literature, music and piety jostled for attention alongside hunting, feasting, jousting, politics, diplomacy and war. Emerging defiantly from a long and turbulent minority, the adult James V managed to create for Scotland an exuberant and cosmopolitan court, which imitated in miniature those of France, England and the Netherlands, and which carried important political messages. His ambitious programme of royal patronage combined humanist scholarship, neo-classical and imperial imagery, the cult of chivalry and medieval traditions in a blend which sought to galvanise Scottish national identity and enhance the status of the House of Stewart. For many years the reputation of James V has been overshadowed by the tragic glamour of his father, James IV, killed at Flodden, and his daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots. Princelie Majestie reveals that he was an energetic and innovative patron, who in a brief fourteen years created a court culture of remarkable quality and diversity. Princelie Majestie was originally published by Tuckwell Press.
Bernard Quaritch
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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