Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture

by Rosemary Cramp

This analytical catalogue of sculpture from the historic counties of Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire provides a new perspective on the artistic achievement of the late Saxon kingdom. The volume includes individual pieces of the highest quality such as the Bradford-on-Avon and Winterbourne Steepleton angels or the newly discovered figures from Congresbury. Most of the monuments were carved at a time when Wessex art was at its zenith in the tenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197263348
• ISBN13: 9780197263341
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 440 Pages