Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1957268
A. Gransden, Helen E. Lunnon
1. CONSTITUTION AND AIMS. The British Archaeological Association is a registered company limited by guarantee (no. 2747476) and a registered charity (no. 1014821). It is concerned to promote and further the study of archaeology and the preservation of antiquities, to carry out and encourage research into art, architecture and antiquities, and to publish material in furtherance of its activities. The Association organises an annual lecture programme, conference and study days, and publishes an annual Journal in addition to the Transactions of its conferences.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1965325
Eric Cambridge
ces of basilican naves presented a compositional challenge, though it was one which pales when compared with the challenge of maintaining narrative continuity over undulating and articulated surfaces. This is made easier to recognise by the high quality of the illustrations used throughout the volume, and those involved in the production of the book are to be commended for the decision to reproduce the superb, rectified double-page colour photographs of the nave elevations of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo. One awaits the companion volume on Saint-Savin with high expectations.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1938828
A. Hudson
Note: volume numbers are given in bold type. A page reference in italic type indicates an illustration. A page reference including n indicates a note: for example, 165n1 refers to note 1 on page 165. County and district names used in the index are those current in 2020; an exception is the ceremonial county of Berkshire, where locating places by the county name is likely to be more helpful to readers than giving the names of the districts into which Berkshire is now divided.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1965328
J. McNeill
Prompted by the 2005–08 restoration of the nave of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe and the related research project organised by the Centre d’etudes de civilisation medievale (CESCM) in Poitiers, the volu...
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1965330
D. Robinson
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1961385
Nicola Lowe
This article discusses a neglected funerary monument of the 1340s and its much-embellished architectural setting in the north aisle of the parish church of Ducklington (Oxon.). The monument takes the unusual form of a Tree of Jesse while the walls carry a series of sculptural reliefs depicting scenes from the Life of the Virgin. It is argued that the space was a Lady chapel housing a chantry, and that the sculpture draws on imagery associated with the liturgy of the Mass and the liturgical hours to create an integrated devotional and commemorative programme of benefit to patrons and parishioners alike. The patrons have been traditionally identified as members of the Dyve family, long-standing proprietors of Ducklington manor until the mid-14th century. The connection is fully explored for the first time, drawing on antiquarian accounts of lost stained glass. Martha, widow of Henry Dyve (d. 1327) who held the manor in dower, is proposed as the likely originator of the monument.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1965326
Stefania Gerevini
those bread-and-water loving ascetics of the formative years represented a counterculture, a new ‘example for all monks’, with a way of life offering ‘the surest road to heaven’. In late medieval England, at least, there is nothing to compare with their self-consciously different approach, or with the sheer magnitude of their building achievements. The volume is well illustrated, though there are just eight colour plates. Of greater significance, Brepols has become of increasing importance in our field of study, and yet its pricing model is such that even libraries must now baulk. For a volume that deserves to be read, sadly a cost of close to £100 will put it beyond the reach of all but the most dedicated Cistercian student.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1965327
M. Henig
This volume is one of three reports on excavations at Spitalfields Market, to the north-east of the historic City of London. The others describe the medieval priory and hospital of St Mary Spital, and the post-medieval developments on the site. These later uses of the area have meant that in some areas, for example on the street frontage of Bishopsgate, the Roman layers have been lost through medieval quarrying, while elsewhere grave cuts have been truncated and so none of them retain traces of surface markers, if they ever existed. The cemeteries of Londinium, as at other Roman cities, were spaced along the roads leading out of the pomerium, to the west, the east, south of the Thames (Southwark) and here to the north along Bishopsgate (Ermine Street). The cemetery came into use only late in the 1st century but continued until the end of the 4th century, and this report describes 169 inhumations and five cremations surviving or partially surviving from the area. As one might have expected from MOLA, the excavation was meticulous in execution for what must have been a difficult site, and the report is of the very highest standard. All concerned deserve our gratitude. After a general introduction describing the excavation, there follow chapters detailing the archaeological sequence, describing the interments as excavated, discussing funerary and burial practice, analysing grave goods and assessing what the bones of the people tell us about demography, health, disease and trauma. After a concluding section, a catalogue of the individual burials (with their associated finds when present) allows the reader to revisit what has been discussed in previous chapters in a far more focused way. Finally, there are specialist appendices, at least one of which (see below) is of extraordinary interest. Different readers will find particular points of interest, but each of the sections adds something valuable to our knowledge of Roman London and its heterogeneous and cosmopolitan population. The organisation of the graves themselves, probably originally set out within enclosures to the east of Bishopsgate, are almost all laid west to east, at right angles to the line of the road or of enclosure boundaries (p. 62). However, as the authors admit, cultural and religious factors must have been involved. There is no evidence for Christianity in this cemetery, even in the 4th century and, in any case, many of the graves are too early, but perhaps
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1965331
Zachary Stewart
Well over a century ago, Eug ene Lef evre-Pontalis published a ground-breaking guide for prospective authors of medieval church monographs, outlining a series of organisational, terminological and illustrative principles that continue to characterise the genre into the present day. While conceding there could be no substitute for the on-site explication of architectural conditions — a claim that attendees of the BAA’s annual conferences would be hard-pressed to contest — the eminent French archaeologist argued that there did exist numerous techniques for rendering a written account of a church ‘clear and interesting’ (claire et int eressante). At the level of substance, he recommended alternating between small-scale analysis and large-scale comparison, beginning with a section on historical context and concluding with sections on fittings and furnishings. At the level of style, he recommended proceeding through the building in a systematic fashion (west to east, bottom to top, inside to outside), employing technical terminology and enlisting professional photography. Only by implementing such practices, Lef evre-Pontalis contended, might an aspiring scholar be considered a practitioner of ‘the new archaeological method’ (la nouvelle m ethode arch eologique). Stephen Murray’s latest book on Amiens Cathedral, the publication of which marks the 800th anniversary of the building’s foundation, represents a quiet referendum on this enduring approach to the study of medieval churches. Murray is a well-known authority on what has long been celebrated as a seminal achievement in the history of Gothic architecture (he was made an honorary citizen of Amiens in 1998 and an honorary doctor of the University of Picardy, Jules Verne, in 2019). Two of his earlier books anticipate the present work. The first, NotreDame, Cathedral of Amiens: The Power of Change in Gothic (Cambridge 1996), delivered a boldly revisionist account of the construction of the edifice between c. 1220 and c. 1270. The second, A Gothic Sermon: Making a Contract with the Mother of God, Saint Mary of Amiens (Berkeley 2004), mobilised a local mid13th-century sermon text to analyse issues of production, reception and meaning. Many of the findings delineated in these pioneering studies recur here. But the new book expands on its predecessors by extending their chronological, spatial and social parameters — tactics that reflect the subtitle’s stated aim of presenting a more comprehensive ‘life’ of the famous building. The resulting work is organised into six chapters bookended by a prologue and an epilogue. The prologue opens with a provocative question: ‘How can we hope to create a written structure to match the cathedral’ (p. 1)? Murray, citing decades of teaching experience, recommends a ‘Socratic method’ in which the specialist (‘interlocuter’) employs a form of ekphrasis conceptualised less in terms of the agency of the author-subject and more in terms of the agency of the buildingobject (p
早在一个多世纪前,Eug ene Lef evre Pontalis就为中世纪教会专著的潜在作者出版了一本开创性的指南,概述了一系列组织、术语和说明原则,这些原则一直延续到今天。这位著名的法国考古学家承认,没有什么可以替代对建筑条件的现场解释——英国建筑协会年会的与会者很难对此提出质疑——但他认为,确实存在许多技术可以使教堂的书面描述“清晰有趣”(claire et int eressante)。在实质内容方面,他建议在小规模分析和大规模比较之间交替进行,从关于历史背景的一节开始,到关于配件和家具的一节结束。在风格层面,他建议以系统的方式(从西到东、从下到上、从内到外)穿过建筑,使用技术术语并聘请专业摄影。Lef evre Pontalis认为,只有实施这些实践,一个有抱负的学者才能被视为“新考古方法”(新考古方法)的实践者。斯蒂芬·默里(Stephen Murray)关于亚眠大教堂(Amiens Cathedral)的最新著作是在该建筑建成800周年之际出版的,这本书代表了对中世纪教堂研究这种持久方法的一次无声的公投。默里是哥特式建筑史上长期以来被誉为开创性成就的著名权威(1998年被授予亚眠荣誉公民,2019年被授予皮卡第大学荣誉博士儒勒·凡尔纳)。他早期的两本书预见了现在的工作。第一部作品是《亚眠大教堂:哥特式变革的力量》(NotreDame,Cathedral of Amiens:The Power of Change in Gothic)(剑桥,1996年),对该建筑在约1220年至约1270年间的建造进行了大胆的修正主义描述。第二本《哥特式布道:与圣母亚眠圣玛丽签订合同》(伯克利,2004年)动员了当地13世纪中期的布道文本来分析生产、接受和意义问题。这些开创性研究中的许多发现在此重复出现。但这本新书在前几本书的基础上扩展了它们的时间、空间和社会参数,这些策略反映了副标题所宣称的展示这座著名建筑更全面“生活”的目标。由此产生的作品分为六章,以序言和结语结尾。序言以一个挑衅性的问题开场:“我们怎么能希望创造一个与大教堂相匹配的书面结构呢?”(第1页)?Murray引用了几十年的教学经验,推荐了一种“苏格拉底方法”,在这种方法中,专家(“中介人”)采用了一种ekphrasis形式,这种形式的概念化较少涉及作者主体的代理,而更多涉及构建主体的代理(第2页)。令人遗憾的是,没有人试图研究这种操作方式与其他史学理论或实践之间的关系,但它确实阐明了以下内容的结构。第一章对大教堂进行了分为两部分的介绍。第一部分,“消失的过去”,关注城市、政治和社会经济状况
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00681288.2021.1965324
S. Bunn
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