Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture in England, Volumen7British Academy, 1984 - 446 páginas This analytical catalogue of sculpture from the historic counties of Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire provides a new perspective on the artistic achievement of the late Saxon kingdom. The volume includes individual pieces of the highest quality such as the Bradford-on-Avon and Winterbourne Steepleton angels or the newly discovered figures from Congresbury. Most of the monuments were carved at a time when Wessex art was at its zenith in the tenth and eleventh centuries, a formative period for English cultural identity. This volume sets the sculpture within an historical, topographical and art-historical context, highlighting the close links with contemporary styles in manuscripts and metalwork. Full photographic records of each monument present many new illustrations unique to this volume. An indispensable research tool for all those interested in the early medieval world, this volume is also an authoritative aid for local historians. |
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REGIONAL GEOLOGY by C R Bristow and B C Worssam | 13 |
TOPOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION | 25 |
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Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture in England, Volumen7 Rosemary Cramp Vista previa limitada - 1984 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abbey acanthus Anglo-Saxon sculpture animal Archaeol base Bath stone Bradford-on-Avon Britford broad carved centre century REFERENCES Chalfield Oolite Formation church clasts Codford Colerne Colyton Congresbury Cottrill Cramp cross cross-head cross-shaft DATE decorated DESCRIPTION Devon DISCUSSION Dolton Dorset early East Stour eighth century eleventh century England EVIDENCE FOR DISCOVERY excavations face figure font Foster Glastonbury Glastonbury Abbey grave-cover grave-marker head ibid Ills incised Inferior Oolite inscribed inscription interlace Jurassic PRESENT CONDITION Kendrick Keynsham knots letters limestone Littleton Drew London manuscripts median-incised medieval Melbury Bubb metalwork Middle Jurassic Middle Jurassic PRESENT monuments ninth century Okasha Oolite Group ornament panel pattern pellets Pevsner piece plant-scroll Plunkett Portland Potterne pre-Conquest PRESENT LOCATION Radford Ramsbury Roman rounded Saxon scroll shaft Shaftesbury shell fragments slab Somerset south-west strands survives Taylor and Taylor tenth Todber Tweddle upper Wareham Wessex West West Camel Wiltshire Winterbourne Steepleton worn Yellowish grey 5Y Yetminster