The arts in early England

v. 1. The life of Saxon England in its relation to the arts.--v. 2. Ecclesiastical architecture in England from the conversion of the Saxons to the Norman conquest. Appendix: Index list and map of Saxon churches.--v. 3-4. Saxon art and industry in the pagan period.--v. 5. The Ruthwell and Bewcastle...

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Main Author: Brown, G. Baldwin 1849-1932 (Author)
Corporate Author: University of California Libraries (Contributor)
Contributors: Webster, Adam Blyth 1882- (Contributor) ; Sexton, Eric Hyde Lord (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London J. Murray 1903-1937
In:Year: 1903
Further subjects:B Inscriptions, Runic
B Church Architecture (England)
B Architecture, Medieval
B Species History (England)
B Architecture History (England)
B Decoration and ornament, Celtic
B England Antiquities
B England Social life and customs
B Fine Arts
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Summary:v. 1. The life of Saxon England in its relation to the arts.--v. 2. Ecclesiastical architecture in England from the conversion of the Saxons to the Norman conquest. Appendix: Index list and map of Saxon churches.--v. 3-4. Saxon art and industry in the pagan period.--v. 5. The Ruthwell and Bewcastle crosses, the Gospels of Lindisfarne, and other Christian monuments of Northumbria; with philological chapters by A. Blyth Webster.--v. 6, pt. 1. Completion of the study of the monuments of the great period of the art of Anglian Northumbrie.--v. 6, pt. 2 Anglo-Saxon sculpture, prepared for press by E.H.L. Sexton.
Item Description:Vols. 3-4 paged continuously. - The author died while several chapters of v. 6 were obviously unfinished, but no attempt was made to complete the subject-matter. The work was to have been concluded with a 7th volume discussing the illuminated manuscripts of the period