Carved and decorated stone-work is a rare survival from the period before the Norman Conquest. In Nottinghamshire it survives as large crosses and as small fragments - to be found in churches, in public spaces and in museum collections.
This is the first book to provide an authoritative listing, description and illustration of all examples of this type of decorated stone sculpture in Nottinghamshire. Each example is illustrated in a substantial catalogue containing high quality photographs, maps and interpretative drawings. In the introductory chapters the authors explore the geological and historical background of the sculptures and provide an overview of the types of style and ornament.
The new information revealed by the systematic study of these major survivals of Anglo-Saxon art and archaeology demonstrates the major contribution that this category of material can make to an obscure and under-investigated period in Midlands history. Nottinghamshire emerges with a distinctive identity in the pre-conquest period, having strong connections both with the Mercian state to its south and with the Northumbrians to the north.
| ISBN: | 9780197265956 |
| Publication date: | 24th February 2016 |
| Author: | Paul Everson, D A Stocker |
| Publisher: | The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 300 pages |
| Series: | Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture |
| Genres: |
Archaeology by period / region |
Carved and decorated stone-work is a rare survival from the period before the Norman Conquest. In Nottinghamshire it survives as large crosses and as small fragments - to be found in churches, in public spaces and in museum collections.
This is the first book to provide an authoritative listing, description and illustration of all examples of this type of decorated stone sculpture in Nottinghamshire. Each example is illustrated in a substantial catalogue containing high quality photographs, maps and interpretative drawings. In the introductory chapters the authors explore the geological and historical background of the sculptures and provide an overview of the types of style and ornament.
The new information revealed by the systematic study of these major survivals of Anglo-Saxon art and archaeology demonstrates the major contribution that this category of material can make to an obscure and under-investigated period in Midlands history. Nottinghamshire emerges with a distinctive identity in the pre-conquest period, having strong connections both with the Mercian state to its south and with the Northumbrians to the north.
Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. XII Nottinghamshire features in the following genres: Archaeology by period / region
Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. XII Nottinghamshire is available in Hardback
Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. XII Nottinghamshire was written by Paul Everson, D A Stocker and published by The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press
Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. XII Nottinghamshire has 300 pages
Yes it is part of Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture series