The Crucifixion Imagined in Stone Sculpture of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms - (Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe) (Hardcover)

About the Book

This is first full analysis and record of depictions of Christ's Crucifixion in Anglo-Saxon stone sculpture. Extensively illustrated, it is an essential resource for all interested in this period.

Book Synopsis

This is first full account of the most portrayed figural subject in Anglo-Saxon sculpture: the Crucifixion. It brings together in a single volume a record of every known stone depiction related to the Crucifixion from the pre-Conquest kingdoms, from South West Scotland to the tip of Cornwall, each illustrated along with contemporary manuscript images and ivory carvings. It is an analytical study based on fieldwork over several decades with the objective of providing a central resource for scholars who may not have direct access to the dispersed and fragmentary material.

About the Author

Elizabeth Coatsworth, Ph.D., is a former lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has published extensively on the Anglo-Saxon period including the Western Yorkshire volume of the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture (OUP, 2008) and The Art of the Anglo-Saxon Goldsmith (Bodell & Brewer, 2002).