Principia

The principia was a massive building judging from the size of the columns, so it may well have stood for some considerable time if it was not robbed for stone. ❋ Carla (2010)

Both parties now met again, after which, to put an end to all equivocation, the Latins drew up and read a declaration of their faith in which they stated that they did not admit two "principia" in the Trinity, but only one, the productive power of the Father and the Son, and that the Holy ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

When the Minster foundations needed underpinning in the 1960s an archaeological excavation was conducted as part of the work partly displayed in the present Undercroft, which identified massive remains of the old Roman principia under the Minster. ❋ Carla (2010)

Unfortunately the location of the incident is not recorded chroniclers can be annoyingly remiss about these things, but if it was in York, it is consistent with the principia cross-hall being in use as a royal hall and the church being somewhere in the principia courtyard. ❋ Carla (2010)

"If there was such a well in the principia courtyard at York, possibly there may have been a shadowy tradition that it was a ‘lucky’ or ‘holy’ or ‘powerful’ well even if no-one remembered why and therefore an auspicious site for the baptism of a king and the establishment of a new church." ❋ Carla (2010)

Paul Bidwell suggests that their purpose was to provide water for religious ceremonies conducted in the principia, and cites the example of the fort at South Shields where the well was built at the same time as the shrine of the standards, before the rest of the building was constructed Bidwell 1997 p 71. ❋ Carla (2010)

"The principles of a science are either internal to it, and are then called indigenous (principia domestica), or they are based on principles that can only find their place outside of it, and are foreign principles (peregrina)." ❋ Unknown (2008)

The underpinning work on the foundations provided access to only a small part of the cross-hall, and the rest of the area occupied by the principia remains unexplored. ❋ Carla (2010)

If the part of the principia that isn't under the structure were under open churchyard, I'd be surprised that it hasn't been excavated more. ❋ Carla (2010)

The principia courtyard may well have been one of the few sites in the vicinity of the York principia in 627 that was not already occupied by standing Roman buildings or Roman ruins and was therefore available for a new build. ❋ Carla (2010)

For obvious reasons this was the archaeological equivalent of keyhole surgery, but it was sufficient to identify some of the mighty columns of the principia basilica or cross-hall, one of which was later re-erected in the precinct outside the Minster Ottaway 2004. ❋ Carla (2010)

Roman forts often contain a well or a water tank in the principia courtyard Bidwell 1997 p. ❋ Carla (2010)

Sketch plan showing the location of the present York Minster in relation to the Roman legionary fortress principia. ❋ Carla (2010)

It is not known how long the Roman principia building stood or remained in use after the end of Roman government, but it may have been a considerable time. ❋ Carla (2010)

These graves were aligned north-east to south-west, rather than the usual E-W alignment of Christian graves, which suggests that they were aligned on the church associated with the graveyard and that this church was on the Roman principia alignment. ❋ Carla (2010)

Gabriele - The remains give an idea of just how impressive the principia must have been - on the same sort of scale as the current cathedral. ❋ Carla (2010)

It was also sufficient to locate the principia precisely in relation to the Minster. ❋ Carla (2010)

Constance - the principia courtyard may well have provided a nice flat hardstanding surface for laying timber sill beams or post pads, and later a solid base for the stone walls. ❋ Carla (2010)

I am the eggman. I am the eggman. [I am the Walrus]! [coo coo] ga [joob]. ❋ Mephisto (2003)