Sacred and Satiric: Medieval Stone Carving in the West Country

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A comprehensive introduction to the Medieval stone carvers, their patrons, the stone used and the subjects depicted, from the religious to the secular and frankly profane. In thirty b&w plates examples from Avon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire are depicted. Paperback. 64 pages. Very good clean condition. Cat No 4047

£ 14.50

Author J H Bettey

Publisher Redcliffe Bristol

Book Condition Very Good

Binding Paperback

ISBN 0905459326

Publication Year 1982

Primary Subject Region: Britain - W. England

Secondary Subject Theory & Practice: Buildings

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