Gold was the mortar : the economics of cathedral building
1979, First Edition. London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul. Good cloth library copy in a very good, slightly dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Front free endpaper lacking; some library marks remain. Faint foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #477179
ISBN: 0710087284
Series; Routledge library editions: Medieval world ; Volume 30. Physical description; xv, 292 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Paris: the golden legend – Amiens: cathedral and commune – Toulouse: orphan cathedral – Lyon: the bridge to France – Strasbourg: the burgher-builders – York: pride, greed and charity – Poitiers: old style versus new – Rouen: the wages of submission. Subjects; Cathedrals – France – Design and construction – Finance – History – To 1500. Cathedrals – England – York – Design and construction – Finance – History – To 1500.
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