Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture. Vol.VII

The study of early medieval stone sculpture provides a myriad of insights into the changing character of art set against a context of evolving religious communities and kingdoms. So much material survives and yet has remained difficult to collate, study and interpret. While the challenges of interpreting the fragmentary pieces that often lack an archaeological context remain a serious limitation, the early medieval sculpted stones continue to provide fascinating insights into the early middle ages. For more than twenty years there have been published additions to the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture that have set as their task to compile and publish what sculptural evidence survives from the early middle ages. Volume VII of the series covers the South-West of England with the exception of Cornwall, which is to be covered in a future volume. It sustains the quality of presentation, structure and scholarship set by the previous volumes of the Corpus through a detailed review of the counties of Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset and Devon. For each county and each surviving piece, a wider range of data is included in what is now a standard and effective format. This includes each piece's present location, evidence of discovery, stone type, condition and description. Every stone is accompanied by an informed discussion incorporating the latest ideas concerning dating, style and significance. The catalogue is accompanied by fine quality black-and-white photographs and detailed county maps of the distribution of the sculpture. Overall, both the presentation and content of the volume are outstanding

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