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- catalog abstract ""Westminster Abbey: The Cosmati pavements is the first in-depth examination of Westminster Abbey's two beautiful and mysterious inlaid pavements. Who made them, and when? Why did the King and Abbot have them brought from Rome? Mostly made up of recycled stones from ancient Roman buildings, the pavement on which monarchs have been crowned since the thirteenth century has an inscription predicting the end of the world, linking the distant past and the remote future with complex symbolism." "This collection of essays places the pavements within a variety of contexts - the evolution of the luxury pavement in Europe, the political background to the commission, the significance of Roman connections, the structure and meaning of the curious inscription - and describes the physical makeup of the pavements and their complex history of damage and restoration. Bringing together a group of penetrating analyses from leading scholars, the volume illuminates hitherto unexamined areas of debate whilst also raising new and intriguing questions about them."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Cosmati pavements".
- catalog contributor b12491691.
- catalog contributor b12491692.
- catalog contributor b12491693.
- catalog contributor b12491694.
- catalog contributor b12491695.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""This collection of essays places the pavements within a variety of contexts - the evolution of the luxury pavement in Europe, the political background to the commission, the significance of Roman connections, the structure and meaning of the curious inscription - and describes the physical makeup of the pavements and their complex history of damage and restoration. Bringing together a group of penetrating analyses from leading scholars, the volume illuminates hitherto unexamined areas of debate whilst also raising new and intriguing questions about them."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Westminster Abbey: The Cosmati pavements is the first in-depth examination of Westminster Abbey's two beautiful and mysterious inlaid pavements. Who made them, and when? Why did the King and Abbot have them brought from Rome? Mostly made up of recycled stones from ancient Roman buildings, the pavement on which monarchs have been crowned since the thirteenth century has an inscription predicting the end of the world, linking the distant past and the remote future with complex symbolism."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The luxury pavement in England before Westminster / Christopher Norton -- Westminster Abbey and the Cosmati pavements in politics, 1258-1269 / David Carpenter -- The context and fabric of the Westminster Abbey Sanctuary pavement / Richard Foster -- The condition and conservation of the Cosmati pavements at Westminster Abbey / Nicholas Durnan -- The inscriptions in the Sanctuary pavement at Westminster / David Howlett -- The Cosmati and romanitas in England: an overview / Paul Binski.".
- catalog extent "x, 141 p., [2] folded leaves of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Westminster Abbey.".
- catalog identifier "0754604861".
- catalog isFormatOf "Westminster Abbey.".
- catalog isPartOf "Courtauld research papers ; no. 3".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Burlington, VT : Ashgate,".
- catalog relation "Westminster Abbey.".
- catalog spatial "England Westminster (London)".
- catalog subject "726.5/16/0942132 21".
- catalog subject "Cosmati work England Westminster (London) Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Decoration and ornament, Medieval England Westminster (London) Congresses.".
- catalog subject "Mosaic floors England Westminster (London) Congresses.".
- catalog subject "NA3790 .W47 2002".
- catalog subject "Westminster Abbey Congresses.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The luxury pavement in England before Westminster / Christopher Norton -- Westminster Abbey and the Cosmati pavements in politics, 1258-1269 / David Carpenter -- The context and fabric of the Westminster Abbey Sanctuary pavement / Richard Foster -- The condition and conservation of the Cosmati pavements at Westminster Abbey / Nicholas Durnan -- The inscriptions in the Sanctuary pavement at Westminster / David Howlett -- The Cosmati and romanitas in England: an overview / Paul Binski.".
- catalog title "Cosmati pavements".
- catalog title "Westminster Abbey : the Cosmati pavements / edited by Lindy Grant and Richard Mortimer.".
- catalog type "text".