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For over a millennium, Durham has occupied a central place in English religious history, with its Norman rebuilding (1093–1133) marking it as an internationally significant masterpiece in the history of architecture. Its setting, perched on a peninsula formed by a bend in the River Wear, adds to the visual drama of the building. This monumental volume offers a comprehensive account, with contributions by a team of 30 experts, on the founding, development, building, and decoration of this magnificent and important edifice. The accessible essays gathered here approach Durham Cathedral from a wide variety of fields and vantage points, including liturgy, music, stained-glass decoration, and book collecting. Lavishly illustrated, the book includes both archival and new photography, and reproductions of representations in all media of the cathedral throughout history. Taken together, this landmark publication is a celebration of Durham Cathedral's enormous historical, spiritual, cultural, and architectural significance. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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'This volume draws together a very broad array of recent research. It's range is progidious, stretching from the conception of the physical building... to it's intellectual, liturgical and spiritual context'-Gabriel Byng, TLS. -- Gabriel Byng * TLS * 'The life as well as the liturgy of the cathedral is celebrated in photographs... This is a story told by 30 contributors, all witness to the pride of the place cathedrals retain in the community.'-Marcus Binney, the Times. -- Marcus Binney * The Times *

'The life as well as the liturgy of the cathedral is celebrated in photographs... This is a story told by 30 contributors, all witness to the pride of the place cathedrals retain in the community.'-Marcus Binney, the Times. -- Marcus Binney The Times

‘The life as well as the liturgy of the cathedral is celebrated in photographs… This is a story told by 30 contributors, all witness to the pride of the place cathedrals retain in the community.’—Marcus Binney, the Times. -- Marcus Binney * The Times * ‘This volume draws together a very broad array of recent research. It’s range is progidious, stretching from the conception of the physical building… to it’s intellectual, liturgical and spiritual context’—Gabriel Byng, TLS.  -- Gabriel Byng * TLS *

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David Brown is Wardlaw Professor of Theology, Aesthetics, and Culture at the University of St. Andrews, and was formerly a canon of Durham Cathedral and Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at Durham University.

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