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Region: Britain - N. England

Exhibition catalogue of monastic arts focussing on sculpture, grave markers, metal work and book production with 58 items described and many illustrated.  Paperback.  32 pages.  Good condition.  Cat No 2545

Theory & Practice: Buildings

A report on the study of documents, analysis of its timber frame and results of excavations at 41 Sun Street, Waltham Abbey.  Paperback.  64 pages.  Includes maps, architectural drawings and site plans. Good clean condition.  Cat No 2538

Region: Israel

From the Schenker collection 136 prehistoric seals of scribes, stewards and public servants dating from C8th-C6th BC are illustrated and described, some for the first time.   Most show ancient Hebrew inscription but Aramaic, Phoenician, Ammonite and Moabite scripts are also represented.

Region: India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka

Slightly primitive locally published guide to all the temples of the Khajuraho complex.  Each described in detail with many accompanying photographs, maps and travel information.  Paperback.  90 pages.  Superficial wear but generally good condition.  Cat No 2530

Region: Mediterranean

A catalogue of twenty-two Nuragic bronze statuettes excavated on Sardinia and thought to date from C12th BC.  Each illustrated.  Introductory text and captions in French.  Includes Bibliography.  Paperback.  Good clean condition.  Cat No 2526

Region: Germany/Switzerland/Austria

A detailed survey of Roman roads and inscribed milestones that cross the former province of Raetia now on the present-day German-Swiss border.  Paperback.

Region: China/Japan/Korea

A lavish exhibition catalogue depicting Japanese pottery from the earliest prehistoric Jomon through the medieval kiln periods of the Kamakura and Muromachi to the blue and polychrome underglazed ceramics of the Edo, rounding off with revivalist art potters of the C20th such as Shoji Hamada and T

Region: Britain - Wales

An eighty page descriptive account of Welsh domestic life in past times followed by a very extensive catalogue of tools and utensils ranging from kitchenalia, through farm implements, equipment associated with wood-turning, pottery, brewing, coopering, tanning and smithying, spinning wheels, cora

Region: Britain - Midlands

This entire volume is dedicated to excavations at Madeley Court, a large C18th country house and formerly a monastic grange whose present day structure incorporates elements dating back to medieval times (and possibly earlier).  The building´s history and results of a series of excavations a

Theory & Practice: Art History

A beautifully produced exhibition catalogue of ecclesiastical textiles and vestments from the C16th and C17th reproduced in high quality colour photographs.  Captions and accompanying introductory text are bilingual Russian/Italian.  Large paperback.  80 pages.  Cat No 2501