The Tracery-Carved, Clamp-Fronted Medieval Chest at St Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford, in a Comparative North-West European Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8890618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Pickvance (University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Pages | 153-171 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003581514000237 |
| OpenAlex | W2161116213 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
The St Mary Magdalen chest is striking because of its carved facade and has attracted the attention of historians over the last century. There has been debate about its age, culminating in the recent suggestion that it either dates to the fourteenth century or is a later copy. This paper makes a detailed study of all the elements of the chest, constructional and decorative, and compares them with features of related medieval chests in England and Continental north-western Europe. It concludes that the chest has gone through a major reconstruction involving replaced front stiles but that it shares at least four features with chests in north Germany and Sweden dating from around 1320–30 that are not found in English chests, suggesting that it is an imported chest or was made by craftsmen working in that tradition. Numerous areas for future research into the features of English and Continental medieval chests are identified
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Front (military · Geography · North west · Perspective (graphical · Visual arts · Classics · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical Architecture and Urbanism · History · Medieval European History and Architecture
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |