Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: Western Midlands v. X

This volume surveys the western Midland counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, and provides an analytical catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon stone sculptures of that region. Introductory chapters set the material within an historical, topographical and art-historical context, and there are specialist contributions concerning the geology of the monuments and the analysis of surviving ninth-century paint. There is a full photographic record of each monument which includes many new illustrations. The monuments include important collections of material from Gloucester, Deerhurst and Shrewsbury, as well as individual sculptures of the highest quality such as the Cropthorne cross-head, cross-shafts from Acton Beauchamp and Wroxeter, and the small but exquisite Lechmere Stone from Hanley Castle in Worcestershire.1. Earlier Research ; II. Historical Introduction ; III. Regional Geology ; IV. The Distribution of the Sculpture ; V. Monument Types (Forms) ; VI. Ornamental Repertoire (to AD 900) ; VII. Ornamental Repertoire (to AD 900-1100) ; VIII. Figural Imagery ; IX. Sculpture recovered from Archaeological or Early Structural Contexts ; X. Examination and Analysis of the Deerhurs Polychromy ; XI. Conclusions ; CATALOGUE ; Gloucestershire ; Herefordshire ; Shropshire ; Warwickshire ; Worcestershire ; Form and Motif Table