Cardiff: Architecture and Archaeology in the Medieval Diocese of Llandaff (British Archaeological Association Conference Transaction Series)

This book acts as a stimulus to further debate and discussion about the archaeology and architecture of the medieval diocese of Llandaff. It presents work at Cardiff and Skenfrith castles and focuses on buildings at Caldicot and Raglan. The Assoeiation's 2004 conference focused mainly on the architecture and archaeology of the medieval diocese of Llandaff, comprising much of the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. Contributors consider Roman and early medieval south-east Wales, including surviving Christian monuments and the early history of Cardiff. There is a detailed analysis of the 13th-century wall-paintings at the priory church of Ewenny, where ambitious decorative work replaced a hitherto unknown Romanesque scheme. The early Gothic architecture of Llandaff Cathedral is shown to be related to some of the great contemporary ecclesiastical works in England and elsewhere, such as Glastonbury Abbey, and the unusual form of the cloister arcade at Tintem Abbey is analysed. Other papers cover later Gothic architeeture in south Wales, two 14th-century tomb monuments at Abergavenny, and a study of the magnificent carpentry of a number of late medieval rood-sereens that survive in parish churches. The volume concludes with an account of the evidence for post-medieval work in churches in the diocese. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Preface 8 Editors' Introduction 12 List of Abbreviations 13 List of Contributors 14 Roman Art and the Culture of South-East Wales 26 The Early Church in South-East Wales 40 Early Medieval Llandaff: The Evidence of the Early Christian Monuments 46 Cardiff Before 1300 59 The Painted Decoration of Ewenny Priory and the Development of Romanesque Altar Imagery 67 The Early Gothic Fabric of Llandaff Cathedral and its PIace in the West Country School of Masons 85 The Thirteenth-Century Cloister Arcade at Tintern Abbey 111 Later Gothic Architecture in South Wales 127 Two Fourteenth-Century Tomb Monuments at Abergavenny and the Mournful End of the Hastings Earls of Pembroke 161 Three Rood-Screens in South-East Wales 186 Post-Medieval Building Work in Churches of the Diocese of Llandaff: The Architectural Evidence 227 The Association's 2004 conference focused mainly on the architecture and archaeology of the medieval diocese of Llandaff, comprising much of the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. Contributors consider Roman and early medieval south-east Wales, including surviving Christian monuments and the early history of Cardiff. There is a detailed analysis of the c. 1200 wall-paintings at the priory church of Ewenny, where ambitious decorative work replaced a hitherto unknown Romanesque scheme. The early Gothic architecture of Llandaff Cathedral is shown to be related to some of the great contemporary ecclesiastical works in England and elsewhere, such as Glastonbury Abbey, and the unusual form of the cloister arcade at Tintern Abbey is analysed. Other papers cover the late Gothic architecture in south Wales, two 14th-century tomb monuments at Abergavenny, and a study of the magnificent carpentry of a number of late medieval rood-screens that survive in parish churches. The volume concludes with an account of the evidence for post-medieval work in churches in the diocese.