Comprises six articles on: the manufacture of antler combs in Scandinavia from the Bronze Age onwards; the C19th London gunmaker Holtzappfel; the tools and processes employed in Fenland dyke drainage; C18th and C19th thimble manufacture; the tools used during C18th japanning in London.  Pape

Detailed article on the history, decoration and symbolism of the cross-shaft in St Peter's churchyard Wolverhampton thought to date from the mid-C9th and its affinity with similar examples of pre-conquest sculptural crosses at Copenhagen, Wilne and Leek.   A 12-page offprint bound in ca

Large locally published guide to Roman mosaics uncovered at various sites in Albania - Butrint, Durrës, Apollonia, Sarandë, Elbasan and Pogradec.

Locally published guide to the world's largest collection of Coptic artefacts.  An introductory text in English, French and Arabic is followed by thirty-three colour plates depicting pottery, glass, metalwork, ivory, stelae, textiles and manuscripts.    Good condition.  U

Excellent guide to the mural paintings originally from Roman villas at three locations and now preserved in the Naples Museum.  A six-page introductory text (in English) is followed by twenty-three colour plates.  Paperback.  Good clean condition.  Cat No 2846

The author postulates two main theories 1) the Tewkesbury parish was subordinate to Deerhurst in Anglo-Saxon times and 2) Anglo-Saxon minsters in the Deerhurst area were instrumental in the subsequent creation and evolution of the parishes whose outlines are broadly as we see today.  Paperba

A visual record of the Madonna statues that adorn the facades of many historic buildings in Lyon but which are under threat of removal during renovation and redevelopment.  Many examples are depicted in excellent colour photographs giving precise location details.  Paperback.  32 p

Well-illustrated booklet focusing entirely on the remarkable and unique carved polychrome tympanum that depicts Christ in his majesty with saints and the chosen ones opposed to lucifer and the condemned and damned.  Each page shows close-up photographs of the carvings with an explanation of

Pocket guide to the ancient Greek city of Heraclea Lyncestis (now in the Republic of North Macedonia) founded by Philip II of Macedon and later an important Byzantine episcopal centre whose excavated basilicas still retain remarkable early Christian mosaics.  24 page booklet.  Illustrat

Locally published pocket guide to Borobudur covering history, structure, statues and beliefs. 48 page booklet.  Minor signs of wear and tiny inscription inside cover, otherwise good condition.  Cat No 2832