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The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe
Fresh examinations of one of the most important church furnishings of the middle ages. The churches of medieval Europe contained richly carved and painted screens, placed between …
A Critical Companion to English Mappae Mundi of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
First full collection on the seven most significant English mappae mundi from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Mappae mundi (maps of the world), beautiful objects in …
Stone Fidelity
Pioneering investigation of the popular "double tomb" effigies in the Middle Ages. 2022 Historians of British Art Book Award for Exemplary Scholarship on the Period before 1600 …
English Alabaster Carvings and their Cultural Contexts
New interpretations of an art form ubiquitious in the Middle Ages. English alabasters played a seminal role in the artistic development of late medieval and early modern Europe. …
The Art of Anglo-Saxon England
A fresh appraisal of the art of Anglo-Saxon England, focusing on art as an aesthetic vehicle and art as an active political force. Two particular perspectives inform this …
Reliquary Tabernacles in Fourteenth-Century Italy
Ground-breaking study of the enigmatic and unique tabernacles from fourteenth-century Italy, which for the first time combined relics and images. Images and relics were central …
Education in Twelfth-Century Art and Architecture
A study of the representation of education in material culture, at a period of considerable change and growth. On the facade of Chartres cathedral serene personifications of the …
Art and Political Thought in Medieval England, c.1150-1350
An exploration of how power and political society were imagined, represented and reflected on in medieval English art Images and imagery played a major role in medieval political …
Imagining Anglo-Saxon England
A fresh approach to the construction of "Anglo-Saxon England" and its depiction in art and writing. This book explores the ways in which early medieval England was envisioned as an …
Graphic Devices and the Early Decorated Book
Examinations of the use of diagrams, symbols etc. found as commentary in medieval texts. In our electronic age, we are accustomed to the use of icons, symbols, graphs, charts, …
English Medieval Misericords
A comprehensive survey of the intriguing misericord carvings, setting them in their religious context and looking at their different themes and motifs. Misericord carvings present …
Tomb and Temple
Essays exploring the influence of the sacred buildings of Jerusalem on architecture worldwide. Jerusalem - earthly and heavenly, past, present and future - has always informed the …