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Book SynopsisThis volume in the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Sculpture surveys the counties of Derbyshire and Staffordshire and provides an analytical catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon stone sculptures of that region. Introductory chapters set the material within historical, topographical, archaeological and art-historical contexts, as well as its scholarly framework, and there are specialist contributions concerning the geology of the monuments and the sculpture from the (originally) royal ecclesiastical site at Repton in Derbyshire. There is a full photographic record of each monument, and many of the images were taken specially for the volume.The monuments include important collections of material from Derby (St Alkmund''s) and Repton, as well as individual sculptures of the highest quality such as the Lichfield Angel, cross-shafts from Bakewell and Bradbourne, the unique column standing at Wolverhampton and the sarcophagus cover from Wirksworth. Much of the material was carved at a time when Mercian art wa
Trade ReviewThis is a long - awaited and magnificent addition to the now almost - complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture ... this book is a tremendous achievement that does credit to the scholars involved, and the Corpus team as a whole. * Victoria Thompson Whitworth, Early Medieval Europe *
Overall, this book is a tremendous achievement that does credit to the scholars involved, and the Corpus team as a whole. * Victoria Thompson Whitworth, Early Medieval Europe *
All of the Corpus volumes are collaborative productions to some degree, butthat is very much in evidence here, with important contributions from Barbara Yorke on the Anglo-Saxon history of the region and a chapter by Martin Biddleon the Repton sculptures which covers the still-debated history of St Wystan'schurch. * John Hines, MEDIUM ÆVUM *
There is much useful material here, not least the discussions of the Historical Background (Barbara Yorke), Anglian Period Sculpture (Hawkes) and Scandinavian Period Sculpture (Sidebottom). * Blaise Vyner *
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; CATALOGUE; DERBYSHIRE; STAFFORDSHIRE
