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The Growth of a Mausoleum: The Pre-1600 Tombs and Brasses of St George's Chapel, Windsor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Nigel Saul
Nigel Saul
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Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK. E-mail: .
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Abstract

A comprehensive study is attempted of the pre-1600 monuments in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Use is made for the first time of a key source, the set of plans of the chapel floors made by Henry Emlyn in 1789. These show the chapel once W have contained a large collection of monumental brasses. The plans are examined alongside the evidence of the extant indents in the chapel and cloister to reconstruct the original lay-out of the brasses. It is demonstrated that the great majority of the brasses commemorated the deans and canons who served the chapel. It is argued that the character of the chapel as a mausoleum changed after 1475, when Edward IV embarked on the building of the present fabric. From this time, the ranks of the commemorated expanded to include layfolk, particularly Knights of the Garter and men with royal connections, while, alongside the brasses, big sculpted monuments were commissioned in the side chapels of the building.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 87 , September 2007 , pp. 220 - 258
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 2007

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