The Architectural History of York Cathedral (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Tee following history is drawn up upon the same general system as that which I have already adopted in the cases of Canterbury and Winchester, which I have had the honour of publishing nu der the auspices of the Archaeological Institute.

III the first place I have collected together the chronicled history of the building, retaining the very words of the original whenever the building itself was the immediate sub ject of the paragraph in question. I have, in the next place, closely examined the structure itself, analyzing its various arrangements as they arose from time to time, and comparing them with the previous chronicle. Much however of the history of this cathedral is necessarily derived from fabric rolls, indulgences, and other chapter documents which do not admit of being completely separated as the passages of a written chronicle do, and therefore I have been compelled to scatter these memoran da throughout my analysis of the structural changes. Nevertheless I have always taken the greatest pains to separate my own hypotheses and explanations of these documents from the documents themselves, in oppo sitiou to the general practice of writers of architectural history, which is, that after having satisfied themselves of the meaning and application of the chronicles and other documents to the various parts and periods of a building, they proceed to inter weave these documents into their histories in such a manner as to make it exceedingly diffit to discover other possible explanations.

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