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ID: 700089673
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089673
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Saint Andrew's Priory (priory; unknown architect, founded by Bishop Arnold; founded 1160, constructed ca. ...; Saint Andrews (Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe, World...)
Note: Was priory of Augustinian canons in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. 1140 with canons from Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire. The priory lands were carved up into lordships in the 16th century, although the core and title remained into the 17th century.
Titles:
Saint Andrew's Priory (preferred,C,U,English,U,U)
St. Andrews Priory (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
priory [300000645] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, religious complexes, religious communities (built complexes), monasteries (built complexes))
ruins [300008057]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: founded 1160, constructed ca. 1160-1279, partial reconstruction ca. 1378-1430

Creator Display:
unknown architect, founded by Bishop Arnold [preferred,VP]
architect unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]
Locations:
Current: Saint Andrews [7009562] Fife (unitary authority), Scotland (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 56.3400°N 2.7875°W
Display Materials: masonry, sandstone; cruciform in plan
sandstone [300011376]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>)
stonemasonry [300386948]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, stone-working)
cruciform [300259254]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, form attributes, shape (form attribute))

Dimensions: interior: 109 meters (length)
Events:
consecration: 1318
abandonment: 1561

Cultures:
British (preferred)
Scottish (Scots, Scotsman)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Norman [300020851] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European), Medieval regional styles, Northern European Medieval styles, French Medieval styles)
Early Gothic [300020780] (N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, Medieval styles and periods, Medieval (European), Gothic (Medieval))

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)
religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:
Andrew, Saint [901001059]
.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:
located adjacent to .... Saint Andrews Cathedral [700002882]
..........cathedral (work by context); unknown architect, founded by Bishop Arnold; founded 1160, constructed ca. ...; Saint Andrews (Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe, World...

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Saint Andrew's Priory........ [VP]
........ Places of Worship in Scotland [online], (2015-) accessed 19 February 2015
St. Andrews Priory........ [VP]
........ Canmore [online] (2015-) accessed 5 February 2015
Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]
....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 5 February 2015
....................... Canmore [online] (2015-) accessed 5 February 2015
....................... Historic Scotland Listed Buildings (2015-) accessed 5 February 2015
....................... Places of Worship in Scotland [online], (2015-) accessed 19 February 2015
....................... Gifford, Fife (1998) 361-369
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Historic Scotland Listed Buildings (2015-) accessed 5 February 2015
..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 5 February 2015
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