Adapted from Shephard, p 108
Courtesy of Dr. Ruth Deane/1968
Glastonbury Tor (550 ft)
Crowned with 14th Century tower of
Chapel of St. Michael
(This is NOT the Abbey shown below)
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Remains thought to be of those of King Arthur discovered here in 1191. On April 19, 1278, these remains were moved to a tomb on this site in the presence of King Edward I. |
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Adapted from Gotch, fig. 13 Plan and Section |
The Architectural History of Glastonbury Abbey by the Rev. R. Willis
(Cambridge
: Deighton, Bell,
1866).
Chapter 1 Documentary History from A.D. 63 to the Great Fire in 1184
Chapter 2 Identity of St. Joseph's Chapel with the wicker Church and the Lady Chapel of the Abbey
Chapter 3 Documentary History of the Great Church from 1184 to the Supression of the Monastery
Chapter 4. Structural History and Description
of the Great Church (In Progress)
The Early History of Glastonbury an edition, translation, and study
of William of Malmesbury's De
antiquitate Glastonie ecclesie by John Scott (Woodbridge, Suffolk
: Boydell Press ; Totowa, NJ :
1981).
Sampson,J. 'Glastonbury Abbey: the Lady Chapel Doors and their Dating in the light of the 1986 Conservation Programmc'in The Conservator as Art Historian (UKIC, 1992) 3-6
Thurlby,Malcolm. 'The Lady Chapel of Glastonbury Abbey'Antiquaries Journal 75(1995)107-70
Medieval art and architecture at Wells and Glastonbury ( [London]
: British Archaeological
Association, 1981).
James P. Carley, Glastonbury Abbey : the Holy House at the Head of
the Moors Adventurous New
York : St. Martin's Press, 1988).
The pictorial history of Glastonbury Abbey, by C. A. Ralegh Radford.London, Pitkin Pictorials, 1969. LC Number: NA971.G54 R1
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