MEDIAEVAL MONUMENTS

Professor C. H. Moore h.'90, of the Fine Arts Department, has just returned from his tour of research and investigation in Europe. The main object of his visit was to study more thoroughly the early mediaeval monuments which show the beginnings of the so-called Gothic art of England. He has given careful attention to such important early monuments as the Norman nave of Malmesbury Abbey, St. Albans Abbey and other similar Norman works, but has occupied himself chiefly with Canterbury Cathedral as the first monument which really embodies anything of Gothic principles. Professor Moore made a direct comparison of Canterbury with the Cathedral of Sens, in France, from which it was directly derived. The part of Canterbury Cathedral studied most in detail dates from the year 1175.

Professor Moore, in addition, visited such other monuments in England as Shoreham, Chichester, Worcester, Gloucester, and Winchester. Furthermore, he gave considerable attention to the great choir of Westminster Abbey. This last, though it is a conscious imitation of the great French cathedral of Reims, bears traces of English influence: it may be characterized as French in conception, but English in execution.