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Region: China/Japan/Korea

Catalogue describing and illustrating in colour photographs fifty historic buildings of the Meiji period (1868-1912) which have been brought together in an open-air museum where they have been preserved for public display.  A location map shows their original locations across Japan.

Region: Ireland

At Wood Quay Dublin ancient Viking and Medieval remains of great richness were destroyed by builders’ machines.  Thousands of outraged citizens marched and protested.  Why did it happen and will it happen again?

Theory & Practice: Instruments Tools & Weapons

A short history of pharmacy and the role tin-glazed apothecary jars played as storage vessels for medicaments in shops and monastic dispensaries.  A lengthy catalogue of the museums's collection follows divided by country of origin - Italy, Flanders, France and England - dated from the mid-C

Region: Britain - Midlands

Extensive report on excavations of the burials in Hereford's castle grounds, mostly dating from the C10th-C12th with additional analyses on age, sex, pathology, trauma, density and orientation of burials, as well as reports on the fragmentary evidence for associated buildings such as St Guthric's

Region: India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka

A catalogue of a large collection of Rajasthani paintings dating from the C18th and early C19th depicting the lives, activities and beliefs of the Rajput Maharajas now housed in the National Gallery in Melbourne.

Region: Italy

The only detailed report availaable on the unique and large silver amphora recovered from the Tuscan sea by a fisherman in 1968 and likely dating from the C4th.

Region: Britain - W. England

Short guide to the post-Roman and Saxon settlements in South and West Cotswolds including monastic sites, church architecture, burials, Saxon charters, Offa and Wansdykes. Paperback. 36 pages. Bibliography. Minor signs of wear, otherwise good condition. Cat No 3744

Theory & Practice: Buildings

Ten monumental brasses of wool merchants dating from the C15th and C16th that remain in situ in the church of St Peter & Paul, Northleach.  The persons depicted in each  brass are identified and described.  Illustrations accompany each entry.  Booklet.  16 pages.

Region: China/Japan/Korea

This book, copiously illustrated with colour pictures and sketches, is recommended to readers who wish to explore the wonder of Chinese bronzes.

Region: Britain

A catalogue of the surprisingly large collection of British and Irish Bronze Age weapons held by the Ontario Museum and purchased over several years in the early C20th from antiquities dealers, collectors and go-betweens.  Well represented are axes, palstaves, spearheads, knives and swords.