Table of Contents

The monks of Westminster and the old Lady chapel - Barbara F Harvey
The musicians and liturgy of the Lady chapels of the monastery church, c.1235-1540 - Roger Bowers
God save the king! Piety, propaganda and the perpetual memorial - Margaret Condon
The last will of Henry VII: document and text - Margaret Condon
The functional design of Henry VII's chapel: a reconstruction - Christopher Wilson
The building history of the Lady chapels - Tim Tatton-Brown
An archaeological survey of the vaults of Henry VII's chapel - Andrew Reynolds
The roofs of Henry VII's chapel - Julian Munby
The structure of the high vault of Henry VII's chapel - J Heyman
The Henry VII chapel stalls and their eighteenth-century remodelling - Charles Tracy
An appendix on the carpentry of the stalls - Julian Munby
'The singuler mediacion and praiers of al the holie companie of Heven': sculptural functions and forms in Henry VII's chapel - Philip G Lindley
The royal, the great and the good: the history of the later monuments - John Physick
Henry VII chapel: the royal connection - Thomas Cocke
The earlier restorations [with Richard Mortimer] - Tim Tatton-Brown
The earlier restorations [with Tim Tatton-Brown] - Richard Mortimer
Restoring the chapel, 1991-6 - Donald Buttress

About the Author

Dr Charles Tracy is a leading scholar on the history and development of medieval British church furniture. He has published widely in article and book form on British and European monuments, from choir-stalls, screens, pulpits, benches, lecterns and episcopal thrones. When he began, woodwork studies were pretty much in abeyance. Today they are attracting the interest of research students as well as the general public.

Reviews

The volume contains grippingly intelligent art-historical writing of the highest standard throughout.
*BURLINGTON MAGAZINE*

[A] magnificent, sumptuous volume...it covers all the most important aspects of the Chapel's history, fabric, furnishing and restorations. [...] The editors deserve our warmest thanks for bringing to fruition a volume of such major and lasting importance.
*EHR*

Provides a mass of fascinating information for the specialist.
*SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL*

Careful thought and hard study have gone into its making. [...] A solid, informative and valuable specialist volume.
*TRANSACTIONS OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENT SOCIETY*

No one reading this [book] is likely to suggest that its compilation is not fully justified by the range and quality of information assembled.
*THE ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL*