The Building Accounts of the Savoy Hospital, London, 1512-1520

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78327-066-8
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 490 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 175 mm, Gewicht: 1157 g

Reihe: Westminster Abbey Record Series

First printed edition of the building accounts of one of London's most remarkable edifices.

Founded by Henry VII, the Savoy hospital was designed to execute corporal works of mercy and commemorate the king through prayer by housing one hundred poor men every night in palatial surroundings. The building complex, one of the landmarks of early Tudor London, was unique for English hospitals in its adoption of a cross-shaped ward, but its structural details have remained obscure.
Published for the first time here, the building accounts record, edited here for the first time, provides detailed evidence of that structure, as well as of the hundreds of craftsmen and laborers who toiled to complete it. In addition to the accounts themselves, this volume contains a thorough contextual introduction, elucidatory notes, and a glossary of building terms.

Charlotte A. Stanford is Associate Professor of Comparative Arts and Letters at Brigham Young University.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stanford, Charlotte A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Öffentliche Gebäude, Gewerbliche Bauten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Workers' Wages from 27 September 1512 through 21 July 1515
Materials and Piecework from 22 August 1513 through 29 April 1520
Glossary
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Charlotte A. Stanford is Associate Professor of Comparative Arts and Letters at Brigham Young University.