Nottinghamshire by Everson, Paul; Stocker, David;

Series: Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture; 12;

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Product details:

Publisher The British Academy
Date of Publication 24 February 2016

ISBN 9780197265956
Binding Hardback
No. of pages300 pages
Size 287x222x11 mm
Weight 1690 g
Language English
Illustrations c. 200 photographs; c. 30 line drawings and maps

Short description:

An authoritative illustrated cla17arch of all examples of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture in Nottinghamshire. Introductory chapters explore the geological and historical background of the sculptures and provide an overview of the types of style and ornament. New information reveals Nottinghamshire's distinctive identity in the pre-conquest period.

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Long description:

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.

this volume maintains all that is excellent about previous CASSS volumes, while demonstrating that, despite a formulaic methodology, new approaches and, consequently, new insights can be generated within the current scope of this long- running project.