Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology at Rouen

Autorentext
Jenny Stratford

Klappentext
The thirteen papers in this volume are based on lectures given at the British Archaeological Association's Annual Conference at Rouen in 1989. Contributors include: D Bates (Rouen from 900 to 1204); J Le Maho (Le groupe episcopal de Rouen du IVe au Xe siecle); M Bayle (Les vestiges romans de l'ancienne priorale Saint-Gervais de Rouen); N Stratford (The wall-paintings of the Petit-Quevilly); L Grant (Rouen cathedral, 1200-1237); C Norton (The export of decorated floor tiles from Normandy); J Stratford (John, Duke of Bedford, as patron in Lancastrian Rouen); C Reynolds (The Shrewsbury Book, British Library, Royal MS 15 E.VI).

Zusammenfassung
This book demonstrates success of the academically-concentrated conferences studying important medieval buildings and their associated art and archaeology in a cathedral city or town, which had been initiated by Dr R. D. H. Gem at Worcester in 1975.

Inhalt

1. Rouen from 900 to 1204: From Scandinavian Settlement to Angevin 'Capital' 2. La ré-occupation planifiée de la Cité de Rouen au haut Moyen Age 3. Le groupe épiscopal de Rouen du IVe au Xe siècle 4. Les vestiges romans de l'ancienne priorale Saint-Gervais de Rouen 5. The Romanesque Sculpted Arch at Montivilliers: Episodes from the Story of David 6. The Figural Capitals of the Chapterhouse of Saint-Georges-de-Boscherville 7. The Wall-Paintings of the Petit-Quevilly 8. Rouen Cathedral, 1200-1237 9. Some Medieval Ironwork in North-East France 10. Early Fourteenth-Century Canopywork in Rouen Stained Glass 11. The Export of Decorated Floor Tiles from Normandy 12. John, Duke of Bedford, as Patron in Lancastrian Rouen 13. The Shrewsbury Book, British Library, Royal MS 15 E. VI