Research Catalog

Title

Mount Grace Priory : excavations of 1957-1992 / by Glyn Coppack and Laurence Keen ; with contributions by Colin Hayfield [and six others].

Author

Coppack, Glyn

Publication

Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2019.

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Additional Authors

• Keen, Laurence
• Hayfield, Colin

Description

xxiii, 423 pages : illustrations (black and white), plans; 29 cm

Summary

Owned by the National Trust and managed by English Heritage, Mount Grace Priory in North Yorkshire, established in 1398 and suppressed in 1539, was one of only nine successful Carthusian monasteries in England and one of the best-preserved medieval houses of that order in Europe. First excavated by Sir William St John Hope in 1896-1900 and in state guardianship since 1955 it is acknowledged as a type site for late-medieval Carthusian monasteries.0The modern study of Mount Grace began in 1957 when Hope's interpretation of the monks' cells about the great cloister was found to be simplistic. This was followed between 1968 and 1974 by the excavation of individual monks' cells in the west range of the great cloister and two cells in the north range, together with their gardens, areas not excavated by Hope. The examination of the monks' cells was completed in 1985 by the excavation of the central cell of the north cloister range, together with its garden and the cloister alley outside the cell. The cultural material recovered from these cells indicated the 'trade' each monk practiced, predominantly the copying and binding of books. Because each cell was enclosed by high walls, the pottery and metalwork recovered could be identified to an individual monk. Coupled with this excavation was a reappraisal of the architectural development of the monastery and reconstruction of lost structures such as the cloister alley walls and the central water tower.

Subject

• Mount Grace Charterhouse (East Harlsey, England)
• Charterhouses > England > East Harlsey
• Carthusian architecture > England > East Harlsey
• Excavations (Archaeology) > England > East Harlsey
• Carthusian architecture
• Charterhouses
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• England > East Harlsey

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFF 20-561

ISBN

• 1789253144
• 9781789253146
• 9781789253153 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1088528426

Author

Coppack, Glyn, author.

Title

Mount Grace Priory : excavations of 1957-1992 / by Glyn Coppack and Laurence Keen ; with contributions by Colin Hayfield [and six others].

Publisher

Oxford ; Havertown, PA : Oxbow Books, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Keen, Laurence, author.

Hayfield, Colin, contributor.

Research Call Number

JFF 20-561