L'architecte bienfaiteur de la ville. Henry Yevele et la chappele du London Bridge

• Autores: Christopher Wilson
• Localización: Revue de l'art, ISSN 0035-1326, Nº. 166, 2009 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Architecture 1400), págs. 43-51
• Idioma: francés
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• Resumen

  • In the Middle Ages, Henry Yevele played a role as civic benefactor with regard to the Chapel of Saint Thomas of Canterbury on London Bridge. There is a neglected 16th-century reference to the building of the chapel by a master mason who held the office of bridge warden. This must be Henry Yevele, de facto master mason to the king from 1360 until 1400 and warden of London Bridge from 1365 to 1396. The architectural style of the chapel is fully consonant with Yevele's authorship. His donation of the chapel to London city is a seemingly unparalleled benefaction in the history of medieval European architecture.