Scissor Arches, Wells Cathedral
- Title:
- Scissor Arches, Wells Cathedral
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Joy, William (English architect, flourished 1329-1347)
Norman, Carl (Photographer, British, active ca. 1870-ca. 1890)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1867-ca. 1895 (photograph)
ca. 1183-1260 (building)
- Location:
- Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- ID Number:
- 817
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00817
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00817.jpg
- Style/Period:
- Early English
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Wells Cathedral, Wells, England
Cathedrals
Religious interiors
grouped columns
corbels
grotesques
Organs (Aerophones)
musical instruments
tracery
stained glass (material)
ribbed vaults
clerestories
chantries
pointed arches
photographs - Measurement:
- 30.1625 x 23.8125 (centimeters)
- Description:
- The unusual "scissor" arches are a distinctive characteristic of the Wells Cathedral. The master mason, William Joy, added the arches in the mid-fourteenth century as a solution to stabilize the crossing when cracks formed and threatened the structure of the tower above.
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.