An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Church Architecture & Anglo-Saxon & Anglo-Scandinavian Stone Sculpture - Softcover

Points, Guy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993033903 ISBN 13: 9780993033902

Publisher: Guy Points, 2015

Synopsis

The aim of this book is to provide an informed introduction to the subjects so that the reader will be able to confidently recognize Anglo-Saxon church architectural features and Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian stone sculpture.
The contents, including illustrations and photographs, all meticulously checked on site, are drawn from the author’s extensive research and travels over many years.
Especially useful is the gazetteer section offering a selection of 127 sites providing excellent examples of the features described.

Table of Contents

Part 1 – BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Glossary of Terms
Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
Who were the Vikings?
The Hiberno-Norse
The Celtic and Roman Church Practices, and the Synod of Whitby
Church Building Styles and Architecture
Suggested Reading

Part 2 - ANGLO-SAXON CHURCHES
Anglo-Saxon churches
Plans of Anglo-Saxon Churches
Construction of Anglo-Saxon Churches:
Walling; Quoining; Archways, Doorways, Windows and Belfry Openings; Hood Moulding and Strip-Work; Pilaster Strips, including “Pilaster-Buttresses”; String Courses; Plinths; Stairways; Upper Doorways; Porticos; Crypts; Roofs.
Excellent Examples of Anglo-Saxon Construction Features
Identifying Anglo-Saxon Fabric and Features Among Later Buildings
Anglo-Saxon Fonts
Anglo-Saxon Sundials
Anglo-Saxon Stone Furniture
Other Anglo-Saxon Stone Features, including decorative altar panels, architectural decorative friezes, wall panels, shrine covers, roods.

Part 3 – ANGLO-SAXON & ANGLO-SCANDINAVIAN STONE SCULPTURE
Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian Crosses
Crossheads including Finials
Cross-Shafts
Cross-Bases
Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian Grave Markers, Tombstones, Sarcophagus.
Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Scandinavian Decoration – the various designs – generically: Moulding, Interlace Designs, Plant Designs, Other Designs, Anglo-Scandinavian Decoration.
Excellent Examples of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian Stone Sculpture

Part 4 – RECOMMENDED EXEMPLAR CHURCHES AND MUSEUMS
Access to Churches
Alphabetically listed and numbered recommended exemplar churches and museums with summarised information on Anglo-Saxon church architectural features to be seen, and/or Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Scandinavian sculpture and their decoration.

About this title

About the Author

For over 35 years the author has travelled and researched extensively in the UK. His first publications were concise guides to historic Orkney and Shetland, and Northumberland and Tyne & Wear, covering places of interest from prehistory to the twentieth century. In the last 20 years he has focussed on the Anglo-Saxon period producing gazetteers of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian sites as indicate above, as well as “The Combined Anglo-Saxon Chronicles: A Ready-Reference Abridged Chronology” a single narrative in chronological order of the information provided in the extant manuscripts identifying in the process the source manuscripts. His books are for those readers who wish to learn more about Anglo-Saxon church architecture and Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian stone sculpture. Intended for the student and non-specialist alike, as well as those who already have some knowledge of the subjects covered, it bridges the divide between an academic approach and that of the interested general public. The aim is to provide an informed introduction to the subjects so that the reader will be able to confidently recognise Anglo-Saxon church architectural features and Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian stone sculpture. The contents, including illustrations and photographs, all meticulously checked on site, are drawn from the author’s extensive research and travels over many years. All the sites mentioned have been personally visited and assessed by the author.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guy Points
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0993033903
• ISBN 13: 9780993033902
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 150