Gabriel Byng – Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cambridge – Paperback

Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in Cambridge explores the archaeology, art, and architecture of Cambridge in the Middle Ages, a city marked not only by its exceptional medieval university buildings but also by remarkable parish churches, monastic architecture, and surviving glass, books, and timber work. The chapters in this volume cover a broad array of medieval, and later, buildings and objects in the city and its immediate surrounds, both from archaeological and thematic approaches.In addition, a number of chapters reflect on the legacy and influence medieval art and architecture had on the later city.Along with medieval colleges, chapels, and churches, buildings in villages outside the city are discussed and analysed.The volume also provides detailed studies of some of the most important master masons, glassmakers, and carpenters in the medieval city, as well as of patrons, building types, and institutional development.Both objects and makers, patrons, and users are repr