English alabaster carvings and their cultural contexts / edited by Zuleika Murat.
Contributor(s): Murat, Zuleika, editor.
Series: Boydell studies in medieval art and architecture: Publisher: Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, 2019.Description: xiv, 349 p., [8] p. colour plates : ill. ; 25 cm ISBN: 9781783274079; 1783274077.Subject(s): Alabaster sculpture, Medieval -- England | Alabaster sculpture, English
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-339) and index.
Contents:
1. 'Burton-upon-Trent, not Nottingham' : the evolving study of medieval English alabaster sculpture / Nigel Ramsay -- 2. Stone to ensure victory and to generate friendships : on the meaning of alabaster / Aleksandra Lipińska -- 3. Contextualising English alabasters in the material culture of the medieval Mediterranean / Luca Palozzi -- 4. English alabaster images as recipients of music in the long fifteenth century : English sacred traditions in a European perspective / Philip Weller and Andrew Kirkman -- 5. Contextualising alabasters in their immersive environment : the 'ancona d'allabastro did diverse figure' of the Novalesa abbey : meaning and function / Zuleika Murat -- 6. Alabaster carvings in late-medieval Lincolnshire / Jennifer Alexander -- 7. 'Tabernacles, howsynges and other things' : three alabasters from the Burrell Collection in context / Claire Blakey, Rachel King and Michaela Zöschg -- 8. Conservation study of three alabaster carvings from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums / Sophie Phillips with Stephanie de Roemer -- 9. 'Smooth as monumental alabaster' : the alabaster tomb industry in England 1550-1660 / Jon Bayliss -- 10. Merchants' tombs in alabaster / Kim Woods -- 11. Exploring Alice : the theological, socio-historical, and anatomical context of the de la Pole cadavar sculpture / Christina Welch.
| Item type | Home library | Shelving location | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Printed Books | Lambeth Palace Library | Main Collection | RB170.M8 | Available | 2019-0214 |
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