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With the Almanach de Gotha's return in 1998, after a hiatus of more
than 50 years, Sir Stephen Runciman wrote in the Spectator "In this
present age, which we are often told sees the twilight of royalty,
it is comforting to be able to welcome the reappearance of the most
distinguished of genealogical almanacs." The 2014 192nd edition
follows the successful format of previous editions with family
listings including births, marriages and deaths of all living
members. Volume II lists the non-sovereign Princely and Ducal
Houses of Europe. This new edition has been fully updated to
include additional families with a number of those houses appearing
for the first time, including Almazan de Saint Priest, Altemps,
Amalfi, Assergi, Aveiro (Aveyro), Bailen, del Balzo, Baucina,
Belmonte, Belosselsky Belozersky, Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli,
Castro-Enriquez, Galati, Gallese, Giuliano, Gualtieri, Lante
Montefeltro della Rovere, Lobanov-Rostovsky, Lopukhin-Demidov,
Mestchersky, Montealegre, Nemi, Pescolanciano, Pozzo di Borgo,
Putiatin, Raffadali, Reburdone, Sant' Elia, Serradifalco, Tetuan,
Turrisi Grifeo, Union de Cuba, Valencia, and Valguarnera. This is
the official and authorised publication. The most comprehensive
listing of its kind, with an impeccable pedigree, the book remains
an essential reference for genealogists, libraries and scholars.
There is and never has been a comparable source, a book once
described as "the second most important ever published."
The Times Literary Supplement praised the Almanach de Gotha for a
"punctilious itemization of titles, lineage and heraldry (aiming)
for scholarship rather than sensation." Sir Stephen Runciman wrote
in the Spectator "In this present age, which we are often told sees
the twilight of royalty, it is comforting to be able to welcome the
reappearance of the most distinguished of genealogical almanacs."
The 250th Anniversary 2013 edition follows the successful format of
previous editions with families listed by rank in their
corresponding parts. Births, marriages and deaths of all members of
the Gotha have been updated and it remains the only publication to
list all the members of all the imperial, royal, princely and ducal
houses and the courts of the Holy Roman Empire. Even family
disputes are handled by the careful noting of competing claims.
This new edition also sees a full list of the households of the
courts of Europe, diplomatic listings and a full entry for the Holy
See. This is the official and authorised publication. The most
comprehensive listing of its kind, with an impeccable pedigree, the
book remains an essential reference for genealogists, libraries and
scholars. There is and never has been a comparable source, a book
once described as "the second most important ever published."
First part of 5-part history of the development of Gothic in the
churches of the Paris Basin, 1120-1250. The Creation of Gothic
Architecture is a five-part illustrated thesaurus of the Early
Gothic churches in the limestone region of northern France known as
the Paris Basin. It focuses on the transformation from romanesque
togothic architecture during the years between 1120 and 1250, and
when complete it will provide a comprehensive pictorial history of
the 1,420 churches of the Paris Basin. Most of these churches,
which represent a vital step in theevolution of western European
architecture, are barely known outside the region, and have been
little recorded. The completed project will: provide a photographic
description of all the more significant churches; analyse
stylisticchanges to foliate capitals and vault-erection techniques;
establish a foundation for dating the contruction phases of the
churches; and, using this chronology, will identify the time and
place for each of the creative ideas, inventions and innovations
that produced the gothic style, follow their evolution from place
to place, and identify the major creators. Dr JOHN JAMES is a world
authority on medieval architecture, author of oversixty books and
articles.
A further volume in this monumental series on the architecture of
the Gothic churches of the Paris Basin. A complete collection of
all the capitals carved in the Paris Basin before 1130 - over 4,000
- few of which have ever been published before. From this has come
a profoundly significant analysis: That these carvers pursued what
might be called a Quest for Order, a quest that grew into an
obsession over the next two generations. By following each step in
this quest in the dateable buildings in the rest of Europe, James
has dated nearly every campaign in theBasin to within +/-5 years -
a unique achievement possible only because every one of the 147
remaining works have been included. This holistic approach provides
the evidence that pointed arches and rib vaults were both being
employed in the Paris Basin from the mid-1080s. Volume 3 in Part B
of The Creation of Gothic Architecture: The Ark of God provides
valuable insights into the development of Early Romanesque carving
and architecture prior to theseminal work at Chartres and
Saint-Denis. It complements Part A and, with the later volumes,
aims to establish from all the evidence a comprehensive chronology
for the Creation of Gothic Architecture.
No serious art-historical library should be without it. [The
publisher] is to be congratulated for taking on this epic venture.
BURLINGTON MAGAZINE. The fifty years between 1130 and 1180 produced
some of the most original and evocative capitals of the middle ages
- a period that was largely responsible for the evolution of the
Gothic style. But despite the fact that many are hard to examine in
situ and are often too dark to observe closely, they have rarely
been published before. These volumes will therefore be widely
welcomed. The 7,600 illustrations they contain cover, in large and
exquisite detail,nearly every capital; they include the multitude
of works in the great cathedrals and abbeys of the time, including
Chartres, Laon, Noyon, Paris, Saint-Denis, Senlis and Sens. The
staggering range of individual creativity shows aculture able to
reinvent itself in a rare and exciting way. The publication of the
fourth and fifth volumes in the sequence completes the photographic
archive of foliate carving from the Paris Basin during the
formative two centuries in which architecture and the techniques of
building were transformed. They are also the foundation for
subsequent volumes which will establish a chronology for Early
Gothic architecture and sculpture, as well as technological
developments in rib vaults and construction methods. Dr JOHN JAMES
is a world authority on medieval architecture, and author of over
sixty books and articles.
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