Pindar Press is publishing a collection of 40 essays called In Search of the Unknown in Medieval Architecture. Many of these articles were printed in difficult-to-find publications, most have been updated and some are new.
I have organised with the Press to offer my friends and colleagues a 20% discount and free postage for any who order directly through me between now and the end of the year. Once your order is received you will be billed by Pindar Press and payment must be made directly to them. Their email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] The list price is £150 plus postage. Your cost is £120, including postage. The chapters are given below, but more details of the book may be found on http://www.pindarpress.co.uk/catalogue/medieval-western/james-unknown.htm. Please write to me if I can give you any further information. Best regards John James My personal site www.johnjames.com.au Section 1 HISTORY 1 A REVISED CHRONOLOGY FOR FRENCH HIGH GOTHIC: CONSEQUENCES OF THE ARK OF GOD. Enlarged from talk at Leeds Medieval Conference, 2003. 2 AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF CHURCHES IN THE PARIS BASIN. Updated from Art Bulletin, 1984. 3 MEMES AND ASSUMPTIONS. Extract from The Template-makers of the Paris Basin, 1989. 4 CHARTRES WAS LUCKY THE PARISIANS WERE BUSY. Translated from Monde médiéval et société chartraine, 1997. Section 2 TOICHOLOGY 5 THE DISCIPLINE OF TOICHOLOGY. >From Avista Forum, 1994. 6 WERE THE CHARTRES TRANSEPT PORCHES ADDED? Extract from The contractors of Chartres, 1979. 7 ANOMALIES IN THE ASCENSION AND INCARNATION PORTALS OF CHARTRES CATHEDRAL. Updated from Gesta, 1986. 8 MULTIPLE CONTRACTING IN THE SAINT-DENIS CHEVET. Adapted from Gesta, 1993. 9 COULD SUGER HAVE BUILT THE CHOIR OF SAINT-DENIS IN FOUR YEARS? >From Avista Forum, 1998. 10 LA CONSTRUCTION DE LA FAÇADE OCCIDENTALE DE LA CATHEDRALE DE SENLIS. Adapted from La cathédrale Notre Dame de Senlis au XIIe Siècle, 1987. 11 A NORTHERN MASTER FOR CLERMONT-FERRAND? Updated from Avista Forum, 1994. 12 THE END OF DISCONTINUOUS CONTRACTING. Updated from Contractors of Chartres, 1979. 13 BUILDING THE NARTHEX AT CHARTRES. Translated from the Bulletin de la Societe Archeologique d'Eure-et-Loir, 2005. Section 3 VAULTING 14 THE EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURE BETWEEN 1080 AND 1150. 15 THE PEAKED ARCH, AND THE EARLIEST DOMICAL RIB VAULTS IN THE PARIS BASIN. Expanded from Avista Forum, 2004. 16 THE RIB VAULTS OF DURHAM. Updated from Gesta, 1983. 17 RIB VAULTS IN ITALY. Updated from Avista Forum, 1993. 18 EVIDENCE FOR FLYING BUTTRESSES BEFORE 1180. Adapted from Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 1992. Section 4 TECHNIQUES 19 MEDIEVAL MORTAR. Extract from The Template-makers of the Paris Basin, 1989. 20 THE MASTER MASONS AS CONTRACTORS. Rewritten and updated from chapter 22 of The Contractors of Chartres, 1979. Section 5 SCULPTURE AND DECORATION 21 FRENCHMEN IN PETERBOROUGH. 22 THE RUSTIC MASTER A CHARTRAIN SCULPTOR IN ITALY. Translated from Bulletin de la société archéologique d'Eure-et-Loir, 1998. 23 CHAPITEAUX A FEUILLES D'ACANTHE DU PORTAIL ROYAL. Bulletin de la société archéologique d'Eure-et-Loir, 1990. 24 DESCRIBING CHEVRON PATTERNS AT DURHAM. Section 6 GEOMETRY 25 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GEOMETRY. 26 MEASURING AND EXTRACTING GEOMETRY. Expanded from The ratio hunter, 1978. 27 THE FOOT OF THE MASTER. Updated and enlarged from Avista Forum, 1995. 28 THE TOOLS OF HUES LIBERGIER, MASTER MASON. Adapted from Architectural Theory Review, 1997. 29 THE CREATION FIGURE OF CHARTRES CATHEDRAL. Updated from The master masons of Chartres, 1990. 30 FOUR 'IDENTICAL' WINDOWS. Updated from The contractors of Chartres. 1979. 31 THE WESTERN ROSE AT CHARTRES. Adapted from Architectural Association Quarterly, 1973. 32 DISCREPANCIES IN MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE, CARELESS OR DELIBERATE. Updated from Architectural Association Quarterly, 1982. 33 GOTHIC PINNACLES. Updated from a review in The Architectural Association Quarterly, 1979. 34 THE GEOMETRIC LAYOUT FOR THE SAINTE-CHAPELLE. Extract from The Template-makers of the Paris Basin, 1989. Section 7 MEANING 35 THE CANOPY OF PARADISE. Studies in Cistercian art and architecture, 1984. 36 THE MYSTERY OF THE GREAT LABYRINTH AT CHARTRES. Updated from Studies in Comparative Religion, 1977. 37 THE ZODIAC ON THE ROYAL PORTAL, CHARTRES. Adapted from The Federation of Australian Astrologers Journal, 1974. Section 8 ECONOMICS 38 WHAT PRICE THE CATHEDRALS? Updated from Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, 1972. 39 HOW MANY BUILT THE CHURCHES? Enlarged from Avista Forum, 2002. 40 FUNDING THE EARLY GOTHIC CHURCHES OF THE PARIS BASIN. Adapted from Parergon, 1997. Bibliography Index ------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail was sent to [email protected] because you are subscribed to at least one of our mailing lists. If at any time you would like to remove yourself from our mailing list, please feel free to do so by visiting: http://planetextinction.com/listmessenger/public/unsubscribe.php?g=19&[EMAIL PROTECTED]
