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CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON STONE SCULPTURE VOLUME IX CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE

Written by Richard N. Bailey
Published by Oxford University Press in 2010
ISBN: 9780197264621

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CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON STONE SCULPTURE VOLUME IX CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
Written by Richard N. Bailey.
Stock no. 1828102
1st. 2010. Hardback. Large format. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This volume in the acclaimed Corpus series provides a full analytical catalogue of all known pre-Norman sculpture from the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780197264621. Name & date to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper has a tiny tear to inside front flap crease and is lightly scuffed.

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Contents

  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • CHAPTER I. EARLIER RESEARCH
  • CHAPER II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE SCULPTURE
  • Introduction
  • Topography
  • The Roman Period
  • Anglo-Saxon Settlement
  • Political and ecclesiastical boundaries and affiliations
  • The Viking Settlement
  • The origins, distribution and density of Viking settlement
  • CHAPTER III. REGIONAL GEOLOGY BY C Roger Bristow
  • Methodology
  • Stone types used for the sculptures
  • Bowland Shale Group, Lower Bowland Shale Formation, Pendleside Sandstone Member
  • Millstone Grit Group
  • Coal Measures Group
  • Collyhurst Sandstone
  • Sherwood Sandstone Group
  • Sherwood Sandstone Group, Helsby Sandstone Formation
  • Sourcing and transporting the stones
  • Reuse of Roman stone for Anglo-Saxon sculptures
  • CHAPTER IV. ANGLIAN PERIOD SCULPTURE
  • Numbers and distribution
  • The Lune Valley carvings
  • The southern Anglian group; the sites of Overchurch, Sandbch and Over
  • Anglian Sandbach; relationships and influence
  • Monument forms and metalwork influences in the Anglian period
  • CHAPTER V. THE VIKING PERIOD
  • General Introduction
  • Monument forms in the Viking period
  • Ring- and circle-heads
  • Ring-heads
  • the Cheshire circle-head group
  • Viking-age free-armed heads
  • round-shafts
  • The Anderton/Bolton/Whalley Group
  • Double sockets
  • Hogbacks
  • The Irish Sea dimension
  • CATALOGUE: Cheshire and Lancashire
  • Note
  • CATALOGUE: Cheshire
  • CATALOGUE: Lancashire
  • FORM AND MOTIF TABLE
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY