Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture (v.6)

The rich and diverse visual heritage of Northern Yorkshire in the pre-Conquest period is revealed in this major addition to the much-admired Corpus series. This volume surveys the sculpture in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire (excluding those parts already covered in Volume III). The total of some 400 carvings include important pre-Viking Age monuments, such as the crosses at Croft, Easby and Masham. The excavated sculpture from Whitby Abbey include a range of inscriptions which form crucial epigraphical evidence for our understanding of the pre-Conquest monastery. But Anglo-Scandinavian monuments predominate, with major collections at Brompton, Kirklevington and Lythe. A number of workshops have been identified and it was in this area that the hogback recumbent memorial first appeared. Much of the Anglian sculpture has stylistic connections with western Yorkshire and Mercia, and the wider connections with Europe are manifest in the iconography and styles of the great crosses at Easby, Masham and Cundall/Aldborough. There are strong Irish links with the area in the Anglo-Scandinavian period. This catalogue is a crucial piece in the Corpus jigsaw linking Volumes I, II and III, and marks the culmination of the lifetime's work of a great Anglo-Saxon scholar.

ISBN 0197262562   Part volume Northern Yorkshire ISBN13 9780197262566 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 2384 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Hardback   Series title Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture Publication date 22 Aug 2002   Height (mm) 280 Library of Congress NB   Width (mm) 215 DEWEY 730.942   Spine width (mm) 33 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 556

		List of Figures
		List of Tables
		Preface
		Introduction
		Acknowledgments
Ch. I		Earlier Research		1
Ch. II		Historical Background to the Sculpture		5
Ch. III		Regional Geology by John R. Senior		13
Ch. IV		Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian Period Forms		20
Ch. V		Anglian and Anglo-Scandinavian Period Ornament		28
Ch. VI		The Schools		39
Ch. VII		The Inscriptions by John Higgitt		51
		Catalogue		55
		App. A		277
		App. B		291
		App. C		294
		App. D		301
		Addendum		302
		Form and Motif Table		305
		Bibliography		329
		Photographic Acknowledgements; Note on reductions		347
		Illustrations 1-1188: Northern Yorkshire		349
		Illustrations 1189-1200: Comparative material		517
		Illustrations 1201-4: Addendum		523
		Index		525

There is much to be appreciated in this volume. The summary of earlier research relating to the area is both informed and informative ... The evident care and determination with which distinguished scholars have brought this volume through to publication is due testimony to the great respect in which James Lang's memory is held. Yet this book is more than just a tribute. Alongside the sculptures themselves, it is a monumental collection of scholarship that future generations can continue to study and learn from, with growing respect for those who went before them whose hands produced it. Archaeological Journal ... forms a fine memorial to Lang's life work as a teacher and scholar ... Northern Yorkshire is not only work well completed, but work which will continue to influence understanding of the rich corpus of Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture. Journal of Ecclesiastical History ... a work of immense value ... continue[s] the high standards already set by the British Academy Corpus. Northern History Like its predecessors this volume provides a firm foundation for numerous research projects. YAJ (Journal of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society) ... produced to the usual high standards set by this series with a superb set of photographs and authoritative catalogue entries covering the discovery of the stones, description of the sculpture and its geology, with a discussion and bibliography for each stone. There are also introductory essays on the regional geology by John Senior and the inscriptions by John Higgitt. YAJ (Journal of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society) This tremendous addition to the British Academy's Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture is a fitting tribute to James Lang. YAJ (Journal of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society)

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