“Durham Cathedral is justly recognised as the culminating achievement of the Norman Romanesque school in England.” (John Bilson, Durham Cathedral)
Durham Cathedral“…Its master played a leading part in the age of the first Enlightenment.” (Jean Bony, The Stonework Planning of the First Durham Master)
The Stonework Planning of the First Durham Master)“The character of the work at Durham changed so little between its inception in 1093 and the completion of the nave in 1133 that the visitor, after entering the church by the North portal and sitting down in the nave to abandon himself to his first impressions, can be certain that it is essentially at the design of the first great master that he is looking.” (Nikolaus Pevsner, The Cathedrals of England)
The Cathedrals of EnglandThe exquisite
