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The Abbey has six distinct architectural styles dues throughout. [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]] features still remain in some parts of the Abbey, mainly around the Western door. [[Roger of Caen]] knocked down the bulk of the Saxon church and replaced it with a much larger, [[Norman architecture|Norman]] style church. |
The Abbey has six distinct architectural styles dues throughout. [[Anglo-Saxon architecture|Saxon]] features still remain in some parts of the Abbey, mainly around the Western door. [[Roger of Caen]] knocked down the bulk of the Saxon church and replaced it with a much larger, [[Norman architecture|Norman]] style church. |
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The Lady Chapel and Bishop Robert's Chapel were added in the 13th Century in the [[Early English Period#Early English period|Early English style]], and in the [[15th century]], the choir section was rebuilt in the [[Perpendicular Period|Perpendicular style]], including the [[fan vault|fan-vaulting]] Sherborne is still famous, the remodeling by Abbot [[John Brunyng]] (1415-1436). |
The Lady Chapel and Bishop Robert's Chapel were added in the 13th Century in the [[Early English Period#Early English period|Early English style]], and in the [[15th century]], the choir section was rebuilt in the [[Perpendicular Period|Perpendicular style]], including the [[fan vault|fan-vaulting]] Sherborne is still famous, the remodeling by Abbot [[John Brunyng]] (1415-1436). During this renovation, a riot in the town caused a fire that damaged much of the renovation, causing delays. <refname="Friendsbook"/> |
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== References == |
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Revision as of 19:15, 8 July 2008
The Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin at Sherborne in the English county of Dorset, is usually called Sherborne Abbey. It has been an Saxon cathedral (705-1075), a Benedictine abbey (998 - 1539) and is now a parish church.
History
Cathedral
There may have been a Celtic Christian church called 'Lanprobi' at the site, and Kenwalc, King of the West Saxons is believed to be one of its founders.[1]
When the Saxon Diocese of Sherborne was founded in 705 by King Ine of Wessex, he set his kinsman Aldhelm as first Bishop of the see of Western Wessex, with his seat at Sherborne. Aldhelm was the first of twenty-seven Bishops of Sherborne.[1]
Abbey
The twentieth bishop was Wulfsige III (or St. Wulfsin). In 998 he established a Benedictine abbey at Sherborne and became its first abbot. In 1075 the bishopric of Sherborne was transferred to Old Sarum, so Sherborne remained an abbey church but was no longer a cathedral. The bishop (in Old Sarum) remained the nominal head of the abbey until 1122, when Roger de Caen, Bishop of Salisbury, made the abbey independent.
Parish church
The Benedictine foundation at Sherborne ended in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539, but instead of surrendering the abbey to King Henry VIII, the people of Sherborne (as the people of many other places did) bought the building to be their parish church, which it still is. In 1550, King Edward VI issued a new charter to the school that had existed at Sherborne since 705, and some of the remaining abbey buildings were turned over to it.
Architecture
The Abbey has six distinct architectural styles dues throughout. Saxon features still remain in some parts of the Abbey, mainly around the Western door. Roger of Caen knocked down the bulk of the Saxon church and replaced it with a much larger, Norman style church.
The Lady Chapel and Bishop Robert's Chapel were added in the 13th Century in the Early English style, and in the 15th century, the choir section was rebuilt in the Perpendicular style, including the fan-vaulting Sherborne is still famous, the remodeling by Abbot John Brunyng (1415-1436). During this renovation, a riot in the town caused a fire that damaged much of the renovation, causing delays. <refname="Friendsbook"/>
References
- ^ a b The Friends of Sherborne Abbey (1959). The Abbey Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherborne (12 ed.). Sherborne United Kingdom: Sawtells of Sherborne Ltd.
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External links
- Sherborne Abbey official website
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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