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A monastic artist with an unusual enthusiasm of male buttocks and genitalia; a nun bringing her spinning equipment from her home in the south to her new convent in the north; the riddle of a carved archer bearing a book instead of arrows; a bishop's ring hiding in its design symbols of the essential aspects of the Christian faith: these are some of the secrets of early medieval personal and public worship uncovered in this book. In tribute to a scholar who is herself a polymath of early medieval studies, these chapters explore approaches which have particularly engaged her: stone sculpture; text; textiles; manuscript art; metalwork; and archaeology. With a brief foreword by Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp. Contributors are Richard N. Bailey, Michelle P. Brown, Peter Furniss, Jane Hawkes, David A. Hinton, Maren Clegg Hyer, Catherine E. Karkov, Alexandra Lester-Makin, Christina Lee, Donncha MacGabhann, Eamonn O Carragain, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Frances Pritchard, and Penelope Walton Rogers.

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Author:   Gale Owen-Crocker ,  Maren Clegg Hyer
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Weight:   0.889kg
ISBN:  

9789004466999

ISBN 10:   9004466991
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   09 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Rosemary J. Cramp Elizabeth (Betty) Coatsworth: Her Life and Times Gale R. Owen-Crocker The Published Work of Elizabeth Coatsworth List of Illustrations List of Tables Contributors Introduction Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Maren Clegg Hyer part 1: Representation: Art and Worship through Text, Textile and Tool 1 Figurative Art in the Book of Kells: Absurd Anatomies, See-through Tunics and Diverse Hairstyles Donncha MacGabhann 2 The Art of Looking Good: Hair and Beauty Remedies in Early Medieval Texts and Contexts Christina Lee 3 Dress and Undress, Real and Unreal, in the Drawings of Harley Psalter Artist F Gale R. Owen-Crocker 4 Adorning Medieval Life: Domestic and Dress Textiles as Expressions of Worship in Early Medieval England Maren Clegg Hyer 5 In Search of Hild: A Review of the Context of Abbess Hild's Life, Her Religious Establishment, and the Relevance of Recent Archaeological Finds from Whitby Abbey Penelope Walton Rogers 6 Embroidery on Spin-Patterned Linen in the 6th to 9th Centuries Frances Pritchard 7 The Embroidered Fragments from the Tomb of Bishop William of St Calais, Durham: An Analysis and Biography Alexandra Lester-Makin part 2: In Their Contexts: Art and Worship through Sculpture, Carving and Manuscript 8 Framing Fragmentation: (Re)Constructing Anglo-Saxon Sculpture Jane Hawkes 9 The Thread of Ornament Catherine E. Karkov 10 A Newly Identified Anglo-Saxon Sculpture in Great Chalfield Church, Wiltshire David A. Hinton 11 The Company They Keep: Scholarly Discussion, 2005-2020 of the Original Settings for the Poems in the Dream of the Rood Tradition Eamonn O Carragain 12 Bishop Acca's Portable Altar: Authentic Relic or Twelfth-Century Hexham Fiction? Richard N. Bailey 13 The Hereford Gospels Reappraised Michelle P. Brown and Peter Furniss Appendix: Observations on the Codicology and Palaeography of the Hereford Gospels, a Scribe's ViewBy Peter Furniss (Chairman, Shropshire Scribes) Select Bibliography Index

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Gale R. Owen-Crocker, BA PhD (Newcastle-on-Tyne) FSA, Professor Emerita of The University of Manchester, was formerly Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. Her books include Dress in Anglo-Saxon England and The Bayeux Tapestry. Maren Clegg Hyer BA MA PhD (University of Toronto), Professor at Valdosta State University. Books include The Material Culture of Daily Living in the Anglo-Saxon World and its subsequent volumes on built environment, water environments, and sense and feeling in the material world of the early English peoples.

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