evidence for st paul's physical features

Anglo Saxon Chronicle

details the initial construction in 1087

excavations - 1878

• offers information on dimensions of Old St Paul’s

• shows us it was the tallest building in the world at the time

digital reconstructions

offers SOME insight into how ST Paul’s would look in the Middle Ages

engravings of St Paul's - 1916

shows St Paul’s BEFORE the spire was destroyed

virtual St Paul’s Cross Project

• depicts physical appearance and recreations of sermons

• e.g. John Donne’s Gunpowder Day sermon

copperplate map of London

displays the spire BEFORE destruction

William Dugdale’s History of St Paul’s - 1658

• includes several engravings of old St Paul’s (by Wenceslas Hollar)

• giving the indication of St Paul’s as building in physical decline

virtual tours of St Paul’s

• documents all of new St Paul’s’ physical characteristics

• e.g. BBC 360 of St Paul’s