| Peterborough Cathedral 2001-2006: From Devastation to Restoration Contributor(s): Binski, Paul (Author), Bunker, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1903470552 ISBN-13: 9781903470558 Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing OUR PRICE: $45.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2020 Annotation: A wonderful display of photographs reveals the determination and hard work that have brought this magnificent building back to a worthy state after an arsonist's fire destroyed nearly five years' work of restoration. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Religious - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 726 |
| LCCN: 2007531499 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 9.86" W x 11.23" (2.44 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On November 22, 2001, an arsonist set candles under stacked plastic chairs beside the crossing of Peterborough Cathedral. The resulting fire endangered but did not destroy the cethedral's fabric; it did destroy nearly five years' work of restoration and left a thick sooty residue over the cathedral's interior. A wonderful display of photographs reveals the determination and hard work that have brought this magnificent building back to a worthy state. Peterborough is one of a group of superb East Anglian Romanesque cathedrals, including Ely and Norwich, but its particular glory is its thirteenth-century painted wooden ceiling, unique in the world. This, too, was covered in a layer of black soot that had to be painstakingly removed. An essay considers the ceiling and its imagery. |