Art & Architecture
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Painting the Hortus Deliciarum: Medieval Women Wisdom and Time [Hardback]
Danielle Joyner (Author)
£63.95ISBN: 9780271070889
Published by : Penn State University Press
Between 1170 and 1190 in Alsace, Abbess Herrad compiled for her canonesses an elaborate manuscript, the Hortus deliciarum, which combined resplendent images with quotations from more than fifty texts to portray a history of the Christian church ac... .... Learn More -
Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France: The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398) [Hardback]
Marguerite Keane (Author)
£100.00ISBN: 9789004248366
Published by : Brill
In Material Culture and Queenship in 14th-century France: The Testament of Blanche of Navarre (1331-1398) Marguerite Keane considers the object collection of the long-lived fourteenth-century French queen Blanche of Navarre, the wife of Philip VI ... .... Learn More -
Of Churches, Toothache and Sheep: Selected Papers from the Norwich Historic Churches Trust Conferences 2014 and 2015 [Paperback]
Nicholas Groves (Editor)
£14.99ISBN: 9780993306921
Published by : Lasse Press
Contents: Toothache, saints and churches in pre-Reformation Norfolk (John F. Beal); Theology to liturgy: the material culture of change in Norwich and beyond, c.145-1640 (Victor Morgan); Norwich's Catholic chapels (Francis Young); 'The ... .... Learn More
The Bayeux Tapestry: New Interpretations [Paperback]
Martin K. Foys (Editor); Karen Eileen Overbey (Editor); Dan Terkla (Editor)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £20.00
ISBN: 9781783271245
Published by : Boydell & Brewer
In the past two decades, scholarly assessment of the Bayeux Tapestry has moved beyond studies of its sources and analogues, dating, origin and purpose, and site of display. This volume demonstrates the value of more recent interpretive approa... .... Learn More
Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven [Hardback]
Barbara Drake Boehm (Author); Melanie Holcomb (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781588395986
Published by : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medieval Jerusalem was a vibrant international center and home to multiple cultures, faiths, and languages. Harmonious and dissonant influences from Persian, Turkish, Greek, Syrian, Armenian, Georgian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Indian, and European tradi... .... Learn More
The Art of the Bible: Illuminated Manuscripts from the Medieval World [Hardback]
£60.00ISBN: 9780500239476
Published by : Thames and Hudson
For two millennia the Bible has inspired the creation of extraordinary art. Within this history illuminated biblical manuscripts are among the best tools for understanding early Christian painting and artistic interpretations of the Bible.Thi... .... Learn More
Medieval Art Architecture and Archaeology in the Dioceses of Aberdeen and Moray [Hardback]
Jane Geddes (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9781138640672
Published by : Maney Publishing
Series: British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions
Volume: 40
Exploring the medieval heritage of Aberdeenshire and Moray, the essays in this volume contain insights and recent work presented at the British Archaeological Association Conference of 2014, based at Aberdeen University. The opening, historic... .... Learn More
The Voynich Manuscript [Hardback]
Raymond Clemens (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9780300217230
Published by : Yale University Press
Many call the fifteenth-century codex, commonly known as the "Voynich Manuscript," the world's most mysterious book. Written in an unknown script by an unknown author, the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was rediscover... .... Learn More
English Medieval Shrines [Paperback]
John Crook (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781783270934
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The cult of saints is one of the most fascinating manifestations of medieval piety. It was intensely physical; saints were believed to be present in the bodily remains that they had left on earth. Medieval shrines were created in order to pro... .... Learn More
Medieval Art Architecture and Archaeology in the Dioceses of Aberdeen and Moray [Paperback]
Jane Geddes (Editor)
£36.99ISBN: 9781138640689
Published by : Maney Publishing
Series: British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions
Volume: 40
Exploring the medieval heritage of Aberdeenshire and Moray, the essays in this volume contain insights and recent work presented at the British Archaeological Association Conference of 2014, based at Aberdeen University. Th... .... Learn MoreORDER ENQUIRIES: Tel: +44 (0)1226 734350 Fax: +44 (0)1226 734438 Oxbow Books, 47 Church St., Barnsley, S70 2AS GENERAL ENQUIRIES: Tel: +44 (0)1865 241249 Fax: +44 (0)1865 794449 Oxbow Books, The Old Music Hall, 106-108 Cowley Road, OX4 1JE © 2012 Oxbow Books. All Rights Reserved.
