Volunteers for the Norfolk Medieval Graffiti Survey have found large drawings of arcs and lines marked by dividers inscribed on a wall of Binham Priory. Matthew Champion, project director of the NMGS, suggests that these are working drawings, perhaps of the building's west front. Binham priory's mid-thirteenth century facade was among the first in England to incorporate bar tracery.
Eastern Daily Press article
BBC News article with video
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Oleg Grabar, 1929-2011
Professor Oleg Grabar, world-reknowned historian of Islamic art and architecture, passed away yesterday morning in Princeton. Grabar had been an emeritus of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton since 1998; he joined the Institute in 1990 after retiring from his position as Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University.
Oleg Grabar's IAS page
Oleg Grabar's IAS page
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