Description
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together for the first time Rosemary Cramp's seminal studies on Anglo-Saxon crosses and sculptural fragments. The papers are principally concerned with the kingdom of Northumbria but the essays also trace the influence of Northumbria's culture and iconography across Anglo-Saxon England.
Table of ContentsPreface
The Anglian Sculptured Crosses of Dumfriesshire
A Name Stone from Monkwearmouth
Early Northumbrian Sculpture: A Cross from St. Oswald's Church, Durham, and its Stylistic Relationships
Two Newly-discovered Fragments of Anglo-Saxon Sculpture from Tynemouth
The Position of the Otley Crosses in English Sculpture of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries: Tradition and Innovation in English Stone Sculpture
Early Northumbrian Sculpture at Hexham
Anglo-Saxon Sculpture of the Reform Period
Schools of Mercian Sculpture
The Anglian Tradition in the Ninth Century
The Evangelist Symbols and their Parallels in Anglo-Saxon England
The Pre-Conquest Sculptural Tradition in Durham
Northumbria and Ireland
The Furnishing and Sculptural Decoration of Anglo-Saxon Churches
Anglo-Saxon and Italian Sculpture
The Artistic Influence of Lindisfarne within Northumbria
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