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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 -
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 -
Between Text and Territory: Survey and Excavations in the Terra of San Vincenzo al Volturno [Paperback]
Kim Bowes (Author); Karen Francis (Author); Richard Hodges (Author)
Regular Price: £49.50
Special Price: £35.00
ISBN: 9780904152487
Published by : British School at Rome
Series: Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome
Volume: 16
The San Vincenzo Project, focused upon the Benedictine monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno, in central Italy, was launched in 1980. In addition to developing the archaeological potential of the well-known ninth-century painted crypt of San L... .... Learn More -
The Old Parish Churches of Lancashire [Paperback]
Mike Salter (Author)
Regular Price: £5.95
Special Price: £4.00
ISBN: 9781871731699
Published by : Folly Publications
Describes all the features of interest dating from Saxon times up to the year 1800 to be seen in 136 parochial churches and chapels in Lancashire. The book includes churches in and around Liverpool and Manchester, although technically they no l... .... Learn More -
Excavations at St James's Priory, Bristol [Hardback]
Reg Jackson (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781842172070
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Benedictine Priory of St James was established just outside the medieval city of Bristol in 1129AD. Two areas were excavated: Site 1 to the east of the Priory church, and Site 2 to the west. The Priory was largely destroyed during the Disso... .... Learn More -
Six Hundred New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 [Hardback]
Michael Port (Author)
£49.95ISBN: 9781904965084
Published by : Spire Books
Professor Ports study of the early nineteenth-century Church Building Commission and its churches first appeared in 1961 and has long been difficult to obtain. He has now thoroughly revised it, adding much new material and a wealth of illustrat... .... Learn More -
The Rose Window: Splendour and Symbol [Hardback]
Painton Cowan (Author)
Regular Price: £39.95
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780500511749
Published by : Thames and Hudson
This beautifully illustrated book is the first systematic study of the rose window, both as a feature of Gothic architecture and as an artform in its own right. After a brief overview of the history of the rose, four chapters trace the evolutio... .... Learn More -
Requiem: The Medieval Monastic Cemetery in Britain [Paperback]
Roberta Gilchrist (Author); Barney Sloane (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 9781901992595
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
This volume challenges previous assumptions about medieval burial through comprehensive study of excavated monastic cemeteries. Some 8000 graves are analysed from more than 70 cemeteries in England, Wales and Scotland, focusing principally on ... .... Learn More -
Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, City of London: An archaeological Reconstruction and History [Paperback]
John Schofield (Author); Richard Lea (Author)
Regular Price: £32.95
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781901992458
Published by : MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
Series: MoLAS Monograph
Volume: 24
This is an archaeological, architectural and historical study of one of the largest complexes of buildings in the medieval City of London, but one which is largely unknown and of which only two fragments survive above ground today. It is the fi... .... Learn More -
The Stones of Naples: Church Building in Angevin Italy, 1266-1343 [Hardback]
Caroline Bruzelius (Author)
Regular Price: £45.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780300100396
Published by : Yale University Press
For approximately eighty years southern Italy was ruled by Angevin kings, a period `associated with a vigorous renewal of the Gothic style in Italy'. This richly illustrated examination of Naples' architecture between 1266 and 1343 argues that ... .... Learn More
