LEADER 04404oam 2200493 450 001 9910793978803321 005 20230817182855.0 010 $a1-78925-237-7 010 $a1-78925-235-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000009667793 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6384499 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009667793 100 $a20210416d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe cosmatesque mosaics of Westminster Abbey $ethe pavements and royal tombs : history, archaeology, architecture and conservation /$fby Warwick Rodwell and David S. Neal ; with contributions by Paul Drury [and seven others] ; computerized illustrations by Thomas Clark ; foreword by the Dean of Westminster 210 1$aOxford ;$aPhiladelphia :$cOxbow Books,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (733 pages) 311 $a1-78925-234-2 327 $gVolume 1.$tThe Pavements. --$g1.$tThe cosmatesque pavements and monuments: introduction and context --$g2.$tHistoriography and the antiquarian record --$g3.$tThe sanctuary and high altar pavements: past interventions, damage and repair --$g4.$tDescription of the sanctuary pavement --$g5.$tSurveying, analyzing and evaluating the sanctuary and high altar pavements --$g6.$tConservation and repair of the sanctuary pavement by Vanessa Simeoni --$g7.$tSt Edward the Confessor's chapel pavement --$g8.$tMaterials employed in the pavements and monuments --$gVolume 2.$tThe Royal Tombs --$g9.$tSt Edward's chapel and the context of the shrine --$g10.$tThe shrine-tomb of St Edward the Confessor, I: description and primary fabric --$g11.$tThe shrine-tomb of St Edward the Confessor, II: Tudor reconstruction and later history --$g12.$tTomb of King Henry III --$g13.$tChild's tomb in the south ambulatory --$g14.$tRelated monuments and furnishings --$g15.$tThe Westminster mosaic assemblage: summary, assessment and dating --$gAppendix 1.$tThe shrine in the records by Matthew Payne: Archival references ; Chronicles --$gAppendix 2.$tQuantification of tesserae in the mosaic pavements and monuments. 330 8 $aWestminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. They comprise: the 'Great Pavement' in the sanctuary; the pavement around the shrine of Edward the Confessor; the saint's tomb and shrine; Henry III's tomb; the tomb of a royal child, and some other pieces. Surprisingly, the mosaics have never before received detailed recording and analysis, either individually or as an assemblage. These two volumes present a holistic study of this outstanding group of monuments in their historical architectural and archaeological context. The shrine of St Edward is a remarkable survival, having been dismantled at the Dissolution and re-erected (incorrectly) in 1557 under Queen Mary. Large areas of missing mosaic were replaced with plaster on to which mosaic designs were carefully painted. This 16th-century fictive mosaic is unique in Britain. Conservation of the sanctuary pavement was accompanied by full archaeological recording with every piece of mosaic decoration drawn and coloured by David Neal, phase plans have been prepared, and stone-by-stone examination undertaken, petrologically identifying and recording the locations of all the materials present. It has revealed that both the pavements and tombs include a range of exotic stone types. The Cosmati study has shed fresh light on every aspect of the unique series of monuments in Westminster Abbey; this work will fill a major lacuna in our knowledge of 13th-century English art of the first rank, and will command international interest. 606 $aWestminster Abbey 606 $aChurch decoration and ornament$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xKings and rulers$xTombs 607 $aEngland$zLondon$2fast 607 $aItaly$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aWestminster Abbey. 615 0$aChurch decoration and ornament$xHistory. 676 $a726.771 700 $aRodwell$b Warwick$0531910 702 $aNeal$b David S. 702 $aClark$b Thomas 702 $aDrury$b Paul 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793978803321 996 $aThe cosmatesque mosaics of Westminster Abbey$93815413 997 $aUNINA