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Peterborough Cathedral

A Glimpse of Heaven

Peterborough Cathedral

A Glimpse of Heaven

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Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9781785510809
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 27/02/2019
Width: 24 cm
Height: 28 cm
Peterborough Cathedral is one of England's finest Norman buildings and, with the addition of its uniquely arranged west front, also among the most individual. Architectural historian Dr Jonathan Foyle combines the wealth of his specialist knowledge with the recent findings of other historians in this study and elucidation of a truly impressive building. He shows how its liminal position between land and water reflects the mediating role of the medieval Church between the terrestrial and the celestial realms. It is fundamental to the Saxon abbey's dedication to St Peter, bearer of the key to heaven, and is reflected in the construction, decoration and symbolic language of the twelfth-century building. Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned photography and the author's own architectural drawings, Peterborough Cathedral: A Glimpse of Heaven offers a superb tribute to one of England's most beautiful and enigmatic medieval buildings.

Jonathan Foyle

Dr Jonathan Foyle is an architectural historian. He lectures widely, is a regular contributor to the Financial Times on arts and craft, and is best known for presenting the award-winning series Climbing Great Buildings and Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer? This is his fourth book; he has also written on Canterbruy, Lincoln and Lichfield Cathedrals.