William Joy [SEP] date of death
William Joy
William Joy (fl. 1329–1348) was an English master mason, or architect, of the Decorated Gothic style, known for his work on several English cathedrals.
Joy's cathedral work shows influences of Bristol Cathedral, and he may have originated from that area.
Wells Cathedral.
William Joy was a colleague of the master mason Thomas Witney, and took over his work at Wells Cathedral in 1329. Joy extended the choir and retrochoir and designed the choir vault. Joy built the scissor arches to
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious".
- Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble".
Publication history.
- 1981, UK, Hamish Hamilton, , Pub date 17 Sep 1981, Hardback
- 1982, US, William Morrow, , Pub date Jan 1982, Hardback