Northern Rock: The Use of Egglestone Marble for Monuments in Medieval England Bar 480 - Couverture souple

Badham, Sally; Blacker, Geoff

 
9781407304151: Northern Rock: The Use of Egglestone Marble for Monuments in Medieval England Bar 480
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1407304151 ISBN 13 : 9781407304151
Editeur : BAR Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Egglestone marble, also known as Teesdale marble, is one of a group of so-called sedimentary 'marbles', such as the better-known Purbeck and Tournai marbles, in which natural calcite cement has filled the original pore-spaces to such an extent that the stone is capable of receiving a high polish. Its merits include its attractive grey-brown surface finish when polished, its suitability when freshly quarried for detailed carving, and the fact that it is capable of being extracted in very large blocks and slabs. The description of the stone in this study is based on polished samples taken from the quarry known as 'Abbey Quarry', in the picturesque landscape in the North Riding of Yorkshire (England). Egglestone marble has received little attention in the past, perhaps because there is no evidence of its use for building purposes. No examples have been found of its deployment for columns or other structural elements in buildings, but there is a wealth of material and documentary evidence of its widespread employment for other artefacts, and this work provides a thorough study of the them and their settings.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sally Badham and Geoff Blacker

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Éditeur
BAR Publishing
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1407304151
ISBN 13 
9781407304151
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
199
Coordonnées du fabricant
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