"The Condition Of Menevia"

Studies in the History of St Davids Cathedral

Jonathan M. Wooding, J. Wyn Evans

• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781837720873
• eBook ISBN: 9781837720897
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: History of Architecture
• Index: History

St David's Cathedral is Wales's most important medieval church and the principal shrine of its patron saint. The nine chapters in this collection, by prominent scholars of architectural and church history, focus on two periods of activity that most contribute to the building we see today: the period of its first construction, beginning in 1182, and the sustained period of modern restoration which commenced in 1791. The cathedral is shown to be a notable product of Romanesque architecture in Britain that has survived challenges of geography and politics to remain Wales's most visited cathedral in the twenty-first century. The book's chapters explore the early and modern history of St Davids, as well as the design, fabric and fittings of the cathedral, as well as their restoration in the modern era.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• The Contributors
• Editors’ Introduction
• List of Illustrations
• 1 St Davids Before the Cathedral
• 2 St Davids Cathedral: the 1182 Churc
• 3 Building and Ornamental Stones of St Davids Cathedral
• 4 Dundry Stone and other Limestones in the Fabric, Fittings, and Monuments of St Davids Cathedral
• 5 The Shrine of St David
• 6 From Nash to Scott: The Maintenance of the Fabric and Worship of St Davids Cathedral 1793–1862
• 7 Llewelyn Lewellin and the Condition of St Davids
• 8 Gilbert Scott and the Restoration of St Davids Cathedral
• 9 ‘The Glow and The Glory’: Contextualizing and Interpreting the Stained Glass of St Davids Cathedral
• Notes