1st Edition
Shropshire Art, Architecture and Archaeology from Roman Wroxeter to the Sixteenth Century
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Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Preface
1 Martin Henig Charles Roach Smith and Thomas Wright at Wroxeter
2 Roger White Shropshire in an Age of Transition
3 Nigel Baker Shrewsbury Castle
4 Richard Gem The Patronage of Earl Roger and Countess Adelais: Much Wenlock Priory, Shrewsbury Abbey and Quatford College c. 1070 – c. 1094/1102
5 John McNeill The Monastic Buildings at Wenlock Priory c. 1080 – c. 1300
6 Harrison & Robinson The Abbot’s Lodging and Infirmary Complex at Buildwas Abbey: A Window on Cistercian Abbatial Accommodation
7 Julian Luxford The Figure-Sculpture of Haughmond Abbey
8 Victoria Yuskaitis Anchorites, Antiquarians, and Archaeology: The Material Remains of Shropshire Anchorites in Parish Churches
9 Ron Baxter The Grinshill Connection: A Group of Romanesque Fonts in North Shropshire and West Staffordshire
10 Richard Halsey Crocus-blossom, Shuttlecock or Ice Cream Cornet? The Peculiar Distribution of a late-twelfth-century Architectural Ornament
11 Trevor Rowley Landscapes of Lordship in Late Medieval Shropshire
12 Will Wyeth Concepts and Realities: the South Tower and Wider Complex at Stokesay Castle
13 John Cherry A Topographical Seal? The 15th-Century Seal and Seal-Matrix of the Town of Shrewsbury
14 Catherine Oakes Three Alabaster Panels at Saint Mary’s, Shrewsbury
15 Heather Gilderdale A Monument ‘what myn executors thinke best for me’: The Commemoration of Arthur Vernon (d.1517) at Tong
16 Heather Gilderdale ‘…To barter an earthly treasure for a heavenly, and the changes of the moment for enduring happiness’: The Early 15th- Century Stained Glass of St Bartholomew’s, Tong
Index
Biography
John McNeill served as secretary of the British Archaeological Association and published widely on Romanesque architecture and architectural sculpture in England, France, and Italy.
Elizabeth A. New is a reader in medieval history at Aberystwyth University and has published widely on the social and religious history and material culture of medieval England and Wales.
