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Book SynopsisThe stone sculpture of Anglo-Saxon England forms an important source for archaeologists and historians - offering fascinating insights into the thought-world of early medieval people. This volume surveys the western Midland counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, and provides an analytical catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon stone sculptures of that region.Introductory chapters set the material within an historical, topographical and art-historical context, and there are specialist contributions concerning the geology of the monuments and the analysis of surviving ninth-century paint. There is a full photographic record of each monument which includes many new illustrations. The monuments include important collections of material from Gloucester, Deerhurst and Shrewsbury, as well as individual sculptures of the highest quality such as the Cropthorne cross-head, cross-shafts from Acton Beauchamp and Wroxeter, and the small but exquisite Lechmere
Trade ReviewThe British Academy's Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture is again to be congratulated on completing another milestone in its coverage. ... There is much new information here, particularly on the growth of Mercian art and culture between the 8th and 11th centuries. * David Griffiths, Journal of Medieval Archaeology *
This volume will be a well-referenced and long used resource in the years to come. * Joanne Kirton, Early Medieval Europe *
There can no be better example of the importance of this Corpus series: in addition to the obvious value of listing and scientifically describing all survivals of Anglo-Saxon sculpture, as the project it makes possible such thematic and synthetic analyses. * David Parsons, Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society *
The volume will bring the material from this area to a wider audience and it provides a comprehensive and insightful record and art-historical analysis. * Meggen M. Gondek, English Historical Review *
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