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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.
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.
Price: $105.00
Pages: 490
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Boydell Press
Publication Date:
19 November 2015
Trim Size: 9.45 X 6.69 in
ISBN: 9781783270668
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History of architecture, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, European history: Renaissance
These important accounts [...] throw much valuable light on the appearance of the hospital at its creation.... Of enormous value for historians of the late medieval and the early sixteenth century building trade, and those interested in building materials and economic activity in the London area.
Introduction
Workers' Wages from 27 September 1512 through 21 July 1515
Materials and Piecework from 22 August 1513 through 29 April 1520
Glossary
Bibliography
Workers' Wages from 27 September 1512 through 21 July 1515
Materials and Piecework from 22 August 1513 through 29 April 1520
Glossary
Bibliography