The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey : (Record no. 22171)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781789252354 |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781789252347 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)1204135560 |
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| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| Classification number | NA5470.W5 .R639 2019 |
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| Classification number | 738.50942 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rodwell, Warwick. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey : |
| Remainder of title | The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Havertown : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Oxbow Books, Limited, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2019. |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2019. |
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| Extent | 1 online resource (733 pages) |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey: Volume 1 -- Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by The Dean of Westminster -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Summary -- 1 The cosmatesque pavements and monuments: introduction and context -- Historical and architectural context -- The mosaic assemblage -- 2 Historiography and the antiquarian record -- Early references, 1269-c. 1700 -- Descriptions and illustrations of the pavements and monuments, 1707-1925 -- Descriptions -- Illustrations -- The pavements and monuments in recent scholarship -- 3 The sanctuary and high altar pavements: past interventions, damage and repair -- Paving the sanctuary: an historical overview -- The cosmatesque sanctuary pavement -- Impact of the Civil War, 1643 -- Repairs, c. 1660 -- Installation of the Whitehall altarpiece, 1706-07 -- Sir George Gilbert Scott's restoration of the sanctuary, 1859-71 -- Sanctuary pavement -- High altar pavement and its underlying archaeology -- 4 Description of the sanctuary pavement -- Purbeck marble matrix -- Detailed description of the decoration -- Panels 1-8: the central quincunx -- Panels 9-16: background to the quincunx -- Panels 17-20: large medallions (rotae) -- Panels 21-32: background to the large medallions -- Panels 33-52: medallions in the outer border -- Panels 53-56: rectangles in the outer border -- Panels 57-88: curvilinear bands -- Panels 89-116: outer border spandrels -- Panels 117-136: miscellaneous small compartments -- The frame inscriptions -- Inscription A. Central roundel of quincunx -- Inscription B. Outer lobes of quincunx -- Inscription C. Great square -- Inscription D. Northern tomb-cover -- Phasing: construction, alteration and repair -- Summary of proposed phasing -- Notes on the characteristics of each phase -- Early repairs to the Cosmati pavement by Paul Drury. |
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| Formatted contents note | Phase 2: repairs in sympathy with the primary mosaic work -- Phase 2-3: various interventions, probably between Phases 2 and 3 -- Phase 3: introduction of new designs and more stone types, probably c. 1660-62 -- Phase 4: interventions related to reordering the sanctuary, 1706-07 -- 5 Surveying, analyzing and evaluating the sanctuary and high altar pavements -- Preparatory studies -- Ground-penetrating radar surveys, 2004-05 by Erica Carrick Utsi -- Some GPR basics -- Planning the survey -- The high frequency survey -- The low frequency survey -- Conclusions -- Condition and conservation trials, 1993-98 by Vanessa Simeoni -- Condition in 1993-94 -- Condition in 1997 -- The archaeology beneath the pavements: a brief assessment -- 6 Conservation and repair of the sanctuary pavement by Vanessa Simeoni -- Introduction -- Recording and the sanctuary pavement archive -- Photogrammetric survey -- Photographic record -- Video documentary -- Reports and other written records -- Materials in the pavement -- Cleaning -- Solvent cleaning, 2008 -- Relative humidity and temperature -- Laser cleaning -- Equipment, settings and mechanism -- Cleaning the tomb-covers -- Removal of cement patching -- Emergency stabilization and temporary repairs -- Removal methods and techniques -- Laser removal of cement -- Case studies -- Purbeck marble: deterioration and treatment -- Bed type and deterioration patterns -- Conservation treatment -- Purbeck marble matrix replacement -- Sub-structure delamination -- Stone tesserae: damage and treatment -- Stone types -- Cocciopesto mortar -- Condition of stone tesserae -- Treatment programme -- Mosaic reintroduction -- Repairing historic restorations -- George Gilbert Scott's restoration -- Glass tesserae -- Opaque glass -- Translucent glass -- Survey of remaining glass inlays, 2005 -- Deterioration and condition -- Treatment. |
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| Formatted contents note | Restoration of the western border panel -- Treatment -- Method of tessera production -- Case study: the central medallion -- Repairs to the central stone -- Surface finish -- Conclusions and post-conservation care -- 7 St Edward the Confessor's chapel pavement -- Past interventions and damage -- Present condition of the pavement -- The Purbeck marble matrix -- Paving zones -- Setting out the design -- Detailed description of the pavement -- Designs in the medallions -- Small roundels -- Curvilinear bands -- Concave-sided triangles -- Discussion -- Ground-penetrating radar surveys of the high altar and St Edward's chapel pavements, 2005 by Erica Carrick Utsi -- High altar pavement and steps -- St Edward's chapel -- Conclusions -- The archaeology beneath the chapel floor -- 8 Materials employed in the pavements and monuments -- Antiquarian petrology -- The stone types by Kevin Hayward -- Introduction -- Primary materials -- Restoration materials, Phases 2-5 -- Glass: analysis of samples from the sanctuary pavement by Ian Freestone -- Opaque glass -- Translucent glass -- Metals employed in the pavements and monuments -- Wrought iron -- Latten (brass) -- Analysis of 'mastic' resin on the sanctuary pavement by Ruth Siddall -- Sampling and analytical details -- Discussion and conclusions -- Analysis of the paste-inlaid tesserae by Ruth Siddall -- Sample preparation and analytical techniques -- Composition of the tesserae -- Composition of the pigment -- Conclusions -- Mortars used in the sanctuary pavement by Ruth Siddall -- Recording and sampling the mortars -- Construction mortars -- Restoration mortars -- Cement repairs -- Discussion -- Notes to chapters 1 to 8 -- Plans 1 and 2 (fold-outs at end of volume) -- Back Cover -- The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey: Volume 2 -- Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents. |
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| Formatted contents note | 9 St Edward's chapel and the context of the shrine -- Introduction -- Chronology of St Edward's enshrinement -- Evolving topography of St Edward's chapel -- Elevating the shrine -- Pilgrim access -- Proliferation of royal tombs and its consequences -- Monuments in the chapel: post-medieval interventions and antiquarian investigations -- Impact of pilgrims and tourists on the chapel and its monuments -- 10 The shrine-tomb of St Edward the Confessor, I: description and primary fabric -- Introduction -- General description of the shrine-tomb -- Detailed descriptions of the components -- Plinth -- Cornice -- South elevation -- East elevation -- North elevation -- West elevation (incorporating the altar retable) -- Niches -- Columns and colonnettes -- Reconstructing the original form of the shrine-tomb -- Location, steps and plinth -- Lower stage of the pedestal and niches -- Upper panelled zone and chest -- Detached architectural fragments from the shrine -- Method of construction and assembly -- The primary inscription: an assessment -- Concluding observations -- 11 The shrine-tomb of St Edward the Confessor, II: Tudor reconstruction and later history -- The feretory canopy (capsella or cooperculum) -- Description -- Discussion and dating -- Shrine of St Edward: historical context of its Tudor reconstruction -- Abbot Feckenham's reconstruction of the shrine pedestal and altar, 1557 -- The pedestal and sarcophagus chamber -- Decoration and defacement -- The secondary inscription -- Accident and intervention, 1685 -- St Edward's coffins -- Fragments of silk from the tomb of Edward the Confessor by Lisa Monnas -- Dating, weave and design -- Dilapidation of the shrine canopy and its restoration, 1958-60 -- 12 Tomb of King Henry III -- Introduction and antiquarian descriptions -- Summary of historical evidence relating to the burial and tomb of Henry III. |
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| Formatted contents note | Architectural form of the tomb -- Stepped podium -- Lower chest -- Upper chest -- Effigy -- Canopy and accoutrements -- Summary list of the mosaic-decorated components of the tomb -- Detailed description of the mosaic decoration -- South elevation: upper chest -- South elevation: lower chest -- East elevation: upper chest -- East elevation: lower chest -- North elevation: upper chest -- North elevation: lower chest -- West elevation: upper chest -- West elevation: lower chest -- Tomb colonnettes -- Later interventions -- Restoration, 1557 -- Archaeological investigation, 1871 -- Restoration, 1873 -- 13 Child's tomb in the south ambulatory -- Identity of the tomb and its occupants -- Date and primary location of the tomb -- Relocation of the tomb in the south ambulatory -- The tomb-chest -- Detailed description of the decoration -- North elevation -- East elevation -- West elevation -- Top slab -- Discussion -- Design and execution -- Decorative materials and their deployment -- Architectural setting of the repositioned tomb -- Post-medieval interventions -- Archaeological investigations, 1937 and later -- 14 Related monuments and furnishings -- The 'de Valence' tombs -- William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke -- St Edward's chapel: northern tomb-cover -- St Edward's chapel: southern 'de Valence' tomb-cover -- Identifying the occupants of the two tombs: a reappraisal by Matthew Payne -- Discussion -- St Edward's shrine altar -- Fragments of cable-moulded colonnette-shafts -- Statue pedestals and candelabra -- High altar and the Westminster Retable -- Inscription fragment in the floor of St Edward's chapel -- 15 The Westminster mosaic assemblage: summary, assessment and dating -- The Cosmati episode: embracing the academic challenge -- Luxury paving and mosaic decoration: Westminster in context -- The sanctuary and its pavements. |
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| Formatted contents note | Abbot Richard de Ware, 1258-83. |
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| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Westminster Abbey. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Church decoration and ornament-England-London-History. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Neal, David S. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Rodwell, Warwick |
| Title | The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Havertown : Oxbow Books, Limited,c2019 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781789252347 |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6384499">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6384499</a> |
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