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Book Review
Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent: From the Mauryas to the Mughals
06/2025 | 1467 | 167
Pages: 620–621
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Brindle, Steven (Brindle, Steven)
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Architecture in the Indian Subcontinent: From the Mauryas to the Mughals By Christopher Tadgell. 404 pp. incl. 1,222 col. ills. (Routledge, London, 2024), £39.99. ISBN 978–1–0321–127–01. | :
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Art and diplomacy: the embassy of Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, to Spain and Portugal (1666–68)
06/2025 | 1467 | 167
Pages: 535-551
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Delaforce, Angela (Delaforce, Angela)
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1. Charles II, by Pieter Thys. 1659–60. Oil on canvas, 221 by 135 cm. (Government Art Collection).
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10. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, by Feliciano de Almeida. 1668. Oil on canvas. (Destroyed by fire; Alamy Stock Photo).
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12. Christ falling on the way to Calvary, by Raphael. 1515–16. Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 318 by 229 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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13. St Ildefonso receiving the Chasuble from the Virgin Mary, by Felipe Bigarny. Completed in 1527. Marble. (Toledo Cathedral, Castille la Mancha; Alamy Stock Photo).
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14. View of the Real Alcázar, Madrid, by Felix Castello. 1650. Oil on canvas. (Museo Municipal, Madrid; Bridgeman Images).
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15. View of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Spanish School. 17th century. Oil on canvas, 189 by 241 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Philip IV, with the Panteón dos Reys built during his reign, frontispiece of F. de los Santos: Descripcion breve del Escorial [. . .], Madrid 1667, by Pedro de Villafranca. 1667. Engraving. (Alamy Stock Photo).
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17. Frontispiece and title page in quarto of F. de los Santos: Escurial, or, a Description of that Wonder of the world for Architecture and Magnificence of STRUCTURE [. . .], London 1671. (Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid).
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18. A vessel with the figures painted by Michaell Angelo, by William Ferrer. 1668. Pen and Indian ink on paper, 10.4 by 13.4 cm. (From Journal, SPM, VII, fol.288r; private collection).
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19. Cooling vessel, attributed to the workshop of Orazio Fontana. 1570– 75. Ceramic paste, height 42 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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2. A Sybil, by Jacopo Palma Vecchio. c.1522–24. Oil on panel, 74.3 by 55.1 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2025; Royal Collection Trust).
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20. High altar of the Basilica of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, designed by Juan de Herrera. 1579–86. Marble, jasper and gilded bronze. (Alamy Stock Photo).
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21. Charles II of Spain, by Sebastián Herrera Barnuevo. 1670. Oil on canvas, 161.3 by 109 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2025; Royal Collection Trust).
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3. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, by Peter Lely. 1660–65. Oil on canvas, 223.2 by 130.8 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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4. Title page of A.A. Barba: The Art of Metals, transl. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, London 1674. (Wellcome Trust, London).
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5. Title page of G. Alonso de Herrera: Obra de Agricultura, Madrid 1645, one of two editions printed by Carlos Sanchez, inscribed by John Evelyn. (John Evelyn Collecion, British Library; Eve.b.35).
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6. Virgen de la Piedad or Sexta Angustia, by Gregorio Fernández. 1616–19. Carved and polychromed wood, 175 by 218 by 140 cm. (Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid).
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8. The River Tagus and Citty of Lisbona, by Dirk Stoop after the Earl of Sandwich. 1663. Etching printed on silk, 44 by 73.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Church of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, façade designed from 1582 by Juan de Herrera. (Bridgeman Images).
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11. Terrace of São Vicente de Fora, with the view of Lisbon and the Tagus described by the 1st Earl of Sandwich. (Photograph Dominic Delaforce).
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7. Roman amphitheatre at Mérida, Spain. c.8 BCE. (Alamy Stock Photo).
Book Review
The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 750–1
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Sullivan, Alice (Sullivan, Alice)
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The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone By Alison Locke Perchuk. 432 pp. incl. 150 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2021), €175. ISBN 978–2–503–58943–5. | :
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The Cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-la-Conception, Pondicherry
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 580–595
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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1. Dome and lantern, Pondicherry Cathedral (Notre-Damede- la-Conception). 1771–91. (Photograph the author).
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10. The former Capuchin church of Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Pondicherry. 1739 (mostly rebuilt 1770). (Photograph the author).
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11. Plans of the 1763 Jesuit chapel (top) and the Jesuit mission church of Ariyankuppam (bottom), by Jean Perrin. (IRFA Archives, Paris).
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12. Plans of the mission churches at Pinnampoondi (left) and Karivopmundi (right), by Jean Perrin. (IRFA Archives, Paris).
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13. Pondicherry Cathedral. (From M. Adolphe Delessert: Souvenirs d’un voyage dans l’Inde, Paris 1843).
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14. Design for the Madras Gate, Pondicherry, here attributed to François-Anne-Marie Rapine de Saxy. 1788. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence).
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15. Design for the Palace of Justice, Pondicherry, here attributed to François-Anne-Marie Rapine de Saxy. 1788. (Archives Nationales d’Outre-mer, Aix-en-Provence).
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16. Val-de-Grâce, Paris, by François Mansart, Pierre Le Muet and others. 1624, 1644–48 and 1654–69. (From J. Mariette: L’Architecture François, Paris 1727).
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17 Street façade of the Church of the Sorbonne, Paris, by Jacques Le Mercier. 1634–42. (From J. Mariette: L’Architecture françois, Paris 1727).
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18. The Jesuit church of Notre-Dame, Chandernagore. Completed 1698. Watercolour and ink on paper, 40 by 29 cm. (From Usages de Siam, 1696, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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19 Trophée of Christ’s Passion. (From P. Ranson: OEuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs [. . .], Paris 1778, book 12, no.1).
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2. Interior of the nave, looking west, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
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20. Trophée of the Paschal Lamb. (From P. Ranson: OEuvres contenant un recueil de trophées, attributs, cartouches, vases, fleurs [. . .], Paris 1778, book 12, no.6).
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3. The façade of Pondicherry Cathedral, here attributed to François- Anne-Marie Rapine de Saxy. (Photograph the author).
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4. Plan of Pondicherry Cathedral. (Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, Pondicherry).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the pediment. (Photograph the author).
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6. Tower and part of the vault of the crossing, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
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7. View of the crossing from the right transept, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
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8. Left side aisle looking east, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
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9. View of the crossing from the right transept extension, looking south, Pondicherry Cathedral. (Photograph the author).
Book Review
Building Santa Maria Novella: Materials, Tradition and Invention in Late Medieval Florence
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 421–423
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Howard, Deborah (Howard, Deborah)
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Building Santa Maria Novella: Materials, Tradition and Invention in Late Medieval Florence By Elizabeth Bradford Smith. 222 pp. incl. 116 col. + b. & w. ills. (L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome, 2022), €170. ISBN 978–88–913–2609–6. | :
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3. Ground-plan of the nave of S. Maria Novella, Florence (after E.B. Smith: Building Santa Maria Novella, Rome 2022).
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4. Nave of S. Maria Novella, Florence. 1279–1355.
Book Review
Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance Florence: Screens and Choir Spaces, from the Middle Ages to Tridentine Reform
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1162-1163
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Young, Michela (Young, Michela)
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Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance Florence: Screens and Choir Spaces, from the Middle Ages to Tridentine Reform By Joanne Allen. 366 pp. incl. 180 col. ills. (Cambridge University Press, 2022), £90. ISBN 978–1–108–83359–2. | :
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2. Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (?), by Fra Carnevale, also known as Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini. c.1467. Oil and tempera on panel, 146.4 by 96.5 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Book Review
Il Sacro Speco di Subiaco illustrato: Topografia sacra e narrazione per immagini fra Due e Trecento
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1035-6
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Il Sacro Speco di Subiaco illustrato: Topografia sacra e narrazione per immagini fra Due e Trecento By Virginia Caramico. 228 pp. incl. 49 col. + 258 b. & w. ills. (Mandragora, Florence, 2022), €50. ISBN 978–88–7461–550–6. | :
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3. ‘Upper Church’, Sacro Speco, Subiaco. (Photograph Giovanni Martellucci).
Article
A Borromini-inspired church plan in eighteenth-century Lima
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 740-751
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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2. Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph the author).
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1. The south façade of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of the Orphans (Los Huérfanos), Lima, by Cristóbal de Vargas, Juan de Matamoros, Manuel de Torquemada and others. 1758–66. (Photograph the author).
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10. Detail of the choir loft in Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph the author).
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11. East wall of the nave, south entrance and choir loft of Los Huérfanos, Lima, by Manuel González Salazar. Before 1940. Photograph, 9.5 by 13 cm. (From H. Wethey: Colonial Architecture and Sculpture in Peru, Cambridge MA 1949).
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12. Detail of the southeast corner of the nave of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph the author).
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13. The baptistery screen of Los Huérfanos, Lima. c.1766. Polychrome wood. (Photograph the author).
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14. Plan of the church dedicated to S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane Esq. Francesco Borromini architect, by Giovanni Francesco Venturini. Engraving from G.G. de Rossi: Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores interioresque, a celebrioribus architectis inventi, Rome 1684.
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15. The baptistery of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph Lucía Silva).
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16. The great courtyard, Colégio de Santo Tomás, Lima, by Fray Diego Maroto. Begun 1665. (Photograph the author).
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17. The dome of S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, by Francesco Borromini. 1638–41. (Photograph Vicenzo Pirozzi; Bridgeman Images).
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18. The dome of the Chapel of San Martín de Porres, Monastery of Santo Domingo, Lima. Last third of the 18th century. (Photograph the author).
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3. The former Jesuit novitiate chapel of San Antonio Abad (now San Carlos), Lima, by Cristóbal de Vargas. 1758–66. (Photograph the author).
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4. The doorway in the west façade of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph the author).
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5. Plan of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (From E. Bonilla di Tolla et al.: Lima y el Callao, Lima and Seville 2009).
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6. The backsplash of one of three holy water stoups in Los Huérfanos, Lima. c.1766. Alabaster. (Photograph the author).
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7. The interior of Los Huérfanos, Lima, looking north. (Photograph Lucía Silva).
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8. The chancel of S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome, by Francesco Borromini. 1638–41. (Photograph Andrea Jemolo; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Detail of the west wall of the nave of Los Huérfanos, Lima. (Photograph Lucía Silva).
Obituary
Peter J. Fergusson (1934–2022)
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 734-736
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Coppack, Glyn (Coppack, Glyn)
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Harrison, Stuart (Harrison, Stuart)
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Glyn Coppack, Peter J. Fergusson and Stuart Harrison at Roche Abbey, Yorkshire, in 2015. (Photograph John Phillips).
Book Review
The Reredos of All Souls College Oxford
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 720-722
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Goodall, John A. (Goodall, John A.)
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The Reredos of All Souls College Oxford Edited by Peregrine Horden. 304 pp. incl. 140 col. + b. & w. ills. (Ad Illisvm, London, 2021), £80. ISBN 978–1–912168–18–7. | :
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2. The reredos in the chapel, All Souls College, Oxford. (Courtesy All Souls College, Oxford, the Warden and Fellows).
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