ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME II SOUTH-WEST BRITAIN

Neale, David S. & Cosh, Stephen R.

ISBN 10: 0954791614 / ISBN 13: 9780954791612

Edité par Illuminata Publishers, 2005

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1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the second) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the city and county of Bristol, from the counties of Cornwall & Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xiii and406 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. Boards clean and bright. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME II SOUTH-WEST BRITAIN
• Éditeur: Illuminata Publishers
• Date de parution: 2005
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0954791614
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780954791612
• Reliure: Hardback
• Édition: First edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine

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Synopsis

Roman Mosaics of Britain is the culmination of more than seventy years of combined research and meticulous draughtsmanship by the authors, who are both in the forefront of mosaic scholarship. Their work, to be published in four volumes, is a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Romano-British mosaic - nearly 2000 in all - of which almost 450 feature in Volume II. Presented in the form of a county gazetteer, each mosaic is described, with drawings, photographs of figured elements and references. In many cases, the entry is illustrated by one of the authors' detailed paintings, which are faithful to the colour and composition of each mosaic. This volume contains some of the finest Romano-British mosaics ever uncovered. The South West has Britain's greatest concentration of figured mosaics, including, at Hinton St Mary, one of the earliest depictions of Christ. Several pavements illustrate scenes from Virgil's Aeneid or Ovid's Metamorphosis . As well as the organisation of the craft, the history of mosaic discoveries, building types, room function, figured work and schemes are considered. Each county has its own detailed introduction.

À propos de l?auteur

Dr David S. Neal, NDD, D.Litt, FSA, trained in graphic design and was head of archaeological illustration of the Ancient Monuments Inspectorate, and later became Senior Archaeologist, English Heritage. He has many years of experience in the study, illustration and publication of mosaic pavements, and is joint author of the major work on the mosaic pavements in Roman Britain, Roman Mosaics of Britain (2002–2010). In 2012 he joined forces with Warwick Rodwell, to illustrate and analyze the assemblage of medieval cosmatesque mosaics in Westminster Abbey, in which they published The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey: The Pavements and Royal Tombs (Oxbow, 2019).