Collection of CJP Cave, mostly on roof bosses
Reference code
CAV
Title
Collection of CJP Cave, mostly on roof bosses
Date
1899 - 1950
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Two boxes and a wooden case of index drawers.
Mostly unbound papers, with a few notebooks, photographs, etc.
Mostly unbound papers, with a few notebooks, photographs, etc.
Scope and content
Correspondence, notes, drafts, etc., of Charles John Philip Cave, FSA (c. 1871-1950), meteorologist, mainly relating to medieval English church roof bosses; mostly 1914-50. Cave's antiquarian interests developed from his study of telephotography. See A.J., 31 (1951), 253-4 (obituary). Cave published many papers in Archaeologia and other journals and Roof Bosses in Medieval Churches (Cambridge, 1948).
Creator
Cave, Charles John Philip (1871-1950), meteorologist and architectural historian
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/943
Archival history
Bequeathed, 1950, together with a large collection of photographs and camera equipment. A.J., 31 (1951), 252. Negatives and lantern slides of Cave's photographs were deposited at the Courtauld Institute and the National Monuments Record.
Contents
- CAV/001 - Brasses
- CAV/002 - Uppark, Sussex
- CAV/003 - Orientation of churches
- CAV/004 - Photography
- CAV/005 - Foliage
- CAV/006 - General correspondence
- CAV/007 - Letters and notes
- CAV/008 - Card indexes
- CAV/009 - Postcards of capitals in Wells cathedral
- CAV/010 - Photographs of church roof bosses
- CAV/011 - Photographs of architectural details