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St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire: Volume 1, History, Archaeology and Architecture [Hardback]
Warwick Rodwell (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781842173251
Published by : Oxbow Books
St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, is a redundant medieval church in the care of English Heritage. As a result of a major programme of research carried out between 1978 and 2007, it is now the most intensively studied parish church in the UK. Exca... .... Learn More -
The Cistercian abbey of St Mary Graces, East Smithfield, London [Hardback]
Ian Grainger (Author); Christopher Phillpotts (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9781907586026
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Series: MOLAS MONOGRAPH
Volume: 44
The abbey of St Mary Graces in East Smithfield, London, was excavated in 1983-8 as part of the Royal Mint site. Founded in 1350 by Edward III and suppressed in 1539, it was the only new Cistercian house in the 14th century and the last founded ... .... Learn More -
W. F. Pocock [Hardback]
W. F. Pocock (Author); Christopher Webster (Author)
Regular Price: £39.95
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9781904965299
Published by : Spire Books
This beautifully presented volume is a faithful reproduction of W. F. Pocock's book of 1819 and a major landmark in the publication of architectural facsimiles. It is probably the most important Georgian pattern book not hitherto reprinted. Thi... .... Learn More -
R. D. Chantrell (1793-1872) and the Architecture of a Lost Generation [Hardback]
Christopher Webster (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781904965220
Published by : Spire Books
Chantrell along with many architects of his generation has hitherto been confined to the shadows of architectural history, shadows cast so adeptly by Pugin and the Ecclesiologists. This book reconsiders his many achievements and sets them withi... .... Learn More -
Universe of Stone [Hardback]
Philip Ball (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9780061154294
Published by : Harper Collins Publishers
A well written study of Gothic architecture, and Chartres Cathedral in particular, looking at the theological and philosophical ideas on which it was founded, and the practicalities of its construction to ultimately aim to show what it may hav... .... Learn More -
Flint Flushwork: A Medieval Masonry Art [Hardback]
Stephen Hart (Author)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781843833697
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This companion to the author's Flint Architecture in East Anglia examines the subject of flint flushwork on East Anglia's ecclesiastical buildings. In this form of Church art, knapped flints were used in external decorative schemes, usually fo... .... Learn More -
Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Glass in the British Museum [Paperback]
Vera I. Evison (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9780861591671
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 167
This definitive book on Anglo-Saxon glass by major scholars in the field is the first monograph to be published on the subject. It focuses not only on the British Museum collection but provides a detailed discussion of the various types of earl... .... Learn More -
Christian Art [Hardback]
Rowena Loverance (Author)
Regular Price: £20.00
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9780714150536
Published by : British Museum Press
Drawing on the vast collections of the British Museum, Rowena Loverance considers Christian art as a global phenomenon, asking how art is adapted to Christian concerns, how it fulfills religious functions, and examines the full range of symboli... .... Learn More -
Discovering The Smallest Churches in Wales [Paperback]
John Kinross (Author)
£13.99ISBN: 9780752441016
Published by : Tempus Publishing Ltd
This book looks at about 50 churches in Wales which have a nave of 30 feet or less. The churches are selected from the whole of the Principality, and are arranged by county. The question posed throughout is why such tiny churches, often in the ... .... Learn More -
In Search of the Unknown in Medieval Architecture [Hardback]
John James (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597360
Published by : Pindar Press
John James is an Australian architect and medieval historian. Since 1969, he has been searching for the origins of the Gothic style, beginning with a five-year study of Chartres cathedral. At that time there were no coherent techniques for analysi... .... Learn More
