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Dyes in History And Archaeology 18
Including papers presented at the - 18th Meeting, held at the Institute
Royal du Patrimoine Artistique/Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium,
Brussels, 21-22 October 1999
Edited by Jo Kirby - The National Gallery, London
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Published by Archetype Publications Ltd; 2002 93/4" x 7" (246mm
x 176mm) Soft cover 116 pages
ISBN: 1-873132-33-6
The selection of papers included in the present volume
shows the very varied aspects of traditional dyestuffs that are the subject
of research: archaeological, chemical, historical and practical. It is
extremely satisfying that interest in the field of natural and early synthetic
dyestuffs is not only so broadly based in the different disciplines represented,
but also truly international: contributors to this volume include researchers
based in Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Russia, as well as western Europe.
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Heroic Poetry In The Anglo-Saxon Period:
Studies in Honor of Jess B. Bessinger, Jr.
Edited by Helen Damico and John Leyerle
ISBN: 1-879288-28-1 Softbound 437pp
Most of the essays in the collection were presented at
four sessions honoring Jess B. Bessinger, Jr., which took place at the
Twenty-Sixth Congress of Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan, 9-12
May 1991.
Biographical Preface -
‘Beyond the great impact as a performer of early texts is his extraordinary
enthusiasm for his subject. He unambiguously loves the early poetry in
our language, and this passion carries deep into all his work –
into his writing, his teaching, and his ongoing influence on all those
who have the good fortune to be his associates.
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The Recovery Of Old English:
Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Edited by Timothy Graham 2000
ISBN: 1-58044-014-2 Softbound 422pp
The papers in this volume chart selected major aspects
of the progress of Old English studies from their beginnings in the third
quarter in the sixteenth century to their coming of age in the early eighteenth.
The book is both a reflection of and a response to the recent expansion
of interest in the early history of Anglo-Saxon studies.
Much more of the work of the first generations of Anglo-Saxonists survives
in unpublished than in published form, in their annotations in the margins
of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, in their personal workbooks, and in materials
carefully prepared for publication projects that ultimately foundered.
It is the special intention of the present book to bring such unpublished
materials, so richly remunerative of study, onto center stage while also
taking a fresh look at several of the published works.
Five of the papers here presented were first delivered at the Twenty-Ninth
International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University
in May 1994. They have been subsequently revised and expanded for publication,
and now incorporate the results of new research conducted in the intervening
period.
The other three papers have been prepared especially for this volume. |
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The Preservation And Transmission Of Anglo-Saxon
Culture:
Select Papers from the 1991 Meeting of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
Edited by Paul E. Szarmach and Joel T. Rosenthal 1997
ISBN: 1-879288-91-5 Softbound 488pp
The papers in this collection represent the majority of those delivered
on the conference theme of the Fifth Meeting of the International Society
of Anglo-Saxonists, 22-26 July 1991 at the State University of New York
(SUNY) Stony Brook.
These papers look at the general theme “The Preservation and Transmission
of Anglo-Saxon Culture,” with special reference to North America.
The location reflected the story of how Anglo-Saxon Studies are conducted
in the United States and capitalizing on the renewed interest in the foundations
of historical disciplines, was to accommodate both established and younger
scholars.
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Sources Of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture
Edited by Frederick M. Biggs; Thomas D. Hill;
Paul E. Szarmach; E. Gordon Whatley 2001
ISBN: 1-58044-073-8 Softbound 548pp
Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture is a collaborative project that
aims to produce a reference work providing a convenient summary of current
scholarship on the knowledge and use of literary sources in Anglo-Saxon
England. This first volume focuses on Abbo of Fleury, Abbo of Saint Germain-des-Pres,
and Acta Sanctorum while introducing the project as a whole, its aims,
and its methods.
Readers will find information on manuscript evidence, medieval library
catalogs, Anglo-Latin and Old English versions, citations, quotations,
and direct references to authors and works under appropriate subject headings.
Discussions on source relationships accompanied by relevant bibliography,
weigh and consider differing interpretations and possibilities for future
research.
The extensive entry on Acta Sanctorum may serve in effect as an introduction
to hagiography in Anglo-Saxon England.
An international team of editors and contributors has written entries
for this project, which received substantial funding from the National
Endowment for the Humanities in its initial phases.
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The Mead-Hall:
Feasting in Anglo-Saxon England
Stephen Pollington
ISBN: 1-898281-30-0
Hardbound II 2003 II 6-7/8" X 10" ( 176mm X 256mm )
Communal meals were an important part of Anglo-Saxon society. They were
enjoyed by nobles and yeomen, warriors, farmers, churchmen and laity.
Some of the feasts were informal communal gatherings (gebeorscipe) while
others were formal ritual gatherings (symbel).
Using the evidence of Old English texts - including the epic Beowulf
and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles - Stephen Pollington shows that the idea
of feasting remained central to early English social traditions long after
the physical reality had declined in importance.
The words of the poets and saga-writers are supported by a wealth of
archaeological data dealing with halls, settlement layouts and the magnificent
feasting gear found in many early Anglo-Saxon graves.
24 Illustrations by Lindsay Kerr
Three appendices:
. Hall-themes in Old English Verse;
. Old English and translated texts;
. The structure and origins of the warband |
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THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY: Digital Edition
By Martin K. Foys
Scholarly Digital Editions 2003
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Permits the institution to mount this publication on a single networked
installation with no more than twenty computers connected to it.
Teachers and researchers in the institution may project images from
this CD for instructional use. The institution may also lend this copy
to members of the institution. The institution may make one copy only
of the data on a hard disc; no other copies of the data on this CD-ROM
are permitted.
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System Requirements
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32 MB free system memory
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Windows: Windows 98 or later, 233 mHz or faster
An internet browser (not provided on the CD-ROM) is required for the
print and copy facility while Quicktime is needed for the battlefield
panoramas.
All other software and fonts are provided on the CD-ROM.
The Tapestry Itself
• View Images of the entire Tapestry, as a single scrolling panel
• Magnify images, so that individual stitches can be seen
• Go to a particular scene by clicking on an outline view
• View with translation of inscriptions, and with a full commentary
Other Images
• Full reproductions of the Reading, Montfaucon, and Stothard
facsimiles
• ‘Museum’: close-ups of the Tapestry, and related
materials from manuscripts, buildings, archaeology, all with commentary
Related Primary Texts
• ‘Library’: full texts, in modern authoritative translations,
of sixteen primary sources
• Commentary on these, with links to the Tapestry
• Texts may be copied and printed
The Battlefield; maps
• Panoramic videos of the battlefield, with maps
• Maps showing the events of 1064 to 1066
Commentaries and discussions
• Full commentary on every panel and screen
• Genealogies; glossaries of people, places, events, details
• Full editorial introduction: date, origin, manufacture, history
• Help documentation, slideshow and search system
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THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY: EMBROIDERERS STORY
By Jan Messent
First Published in 1999 112pp 8-1/4” X 11-3/4” (209mm X 298mm)
Paperback: 66 Color Illus.
ISBN: 0-951-634859
* Who were the embroiderers of the Bayeux Tapestry?
• What were their tools, their materials, and how could such a massive
project have been designed and organised?
These questions and many others have been avoided for so long due to
a lack of hard facts, but in this book the author has drawn upon her own
experience as an embroiderer and artist to piece together all the clues
she could find in the tapestry itself.
After extensive research, Jan Messent has compiled a fascinating and colourful
account which will help to place this famous embroidery in a plausible
context.
This new study is essential reading for anyone wishing to know more about
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The Bayeux Tapestry Embroiderers.
Footnote: I had the opportunity to attend Jan Messent’s lecture
on the Bayeux Tapestry and found it completely engrossing – the
author had the unique ability to transport the audience back to the time
and places after scores, perhaps hundreds of landed wealthy widowed women,
fled to the nunneries after the defeat of the English at the Battle of
Hastings - and there begins this incredible story). Martin Field
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The Bayeux Tapestry
Introduction, description and commentary by David M. Wilson
Foreword by Jean Le Carpentier
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34.0 x 26.0 cm
Hardback including 1 foldout
234pp
Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
First published 2004
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specially devised to hold this single object, is a strip of linen
nearly a thousand years old. . .
Nothing remotely like the Bayeux Tapestry exists anywhere else.
In a series of vivid scenes, with a running explanatory text in
Latin, the Tapestry relates the invasion of England by William of
Normandy and his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
This book makes it accessible as never before and allows us to appreciate
how totally absorbing it is.
The Tapestry is reproduced in full colour, with captions on a fold-out
page for easy reference. A second reproduction of the Tapestry in
black and white has a detailed accompanying commentary. Sir David
Wilson, former Director of the British Museum, provides an up-to-date
summary of the historical evidence, explains each episode and covers
related topics such as the costumes, armour, ships, buildings and
customs.
As a social document the Tapestry is of incalculable value. As
a work of art it is the sole survivor of a form which may once have
been wide-spread, the wall-hanging commemorating the deeds of a
great man.
Sir David Wilson's many books include The Northern World,
The Vikings and Their Origins and The Anglo-Saxons.
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