Title & Author:

Westminster Abbey : the Cosmati pavements / edited by Lindy Grant and Richard Mortimer.

Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2002.

Description:

x, 141 pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Series:

Courtauld research papers ; no. 3

Notes:
Papers from a conference held jointly by the Courtaud Institute and Westminster Abbey in Nov. 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The luxury pavement in England before Westminster / Christopher Norton -- Westminster Abbey and the Cosmati pavements in politics, 1258-1269 / David Carpenter -- The context and fabric of the Westminster Abbey Sanctuary pavement / Richard Foster -- The condition and conservation of the Cosmati pavements at Westminster Abbey / Nicholas Durnan -- The inscriptions in the Sanctuary pavement at Westminster / David Howlett -- The Cosmati and romanitas in England: an overview / Paul Binski.

Summary:

"Westminster Abbey: The Cosmati pavements is the first in-depth examination of Westminster Abbey's two beautiful and mysterious inlaid pavements. Who made them, and when? Why did the King and Abbot have them brought from Rome? Mostly made up of recycled stones from ancient Roman buildings, the pavement on which monarchs have been crowned since the thirteenth century has an inscription predicting the end of the world, linking the distant past and the remote future with complex symbolism."
"This collection of essays places the pavements within a variety of contexts - the evolution of the luxury pavement in Europe, the political background to the commission, the significance of Roman connections, the structure and meaning of the curious inscription - and describes the physical makeup of the pavements and their complex history of damage and restoration. Bringing together a group of penetrating analyses from leading scholars, the volume illuminates hitherto unexamined areas of debate whilst also raising new and intriguing questions about them."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0754604861 (acid-free paper)
9780754604860 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Westminster Abbey Congresses.
Westminster Abbey. Congresses.
Westminster Abbey Congrès.
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey London
Mosaic floors England Westminster (London) Congresses.
Cosmati work England Westminster (London) Congresses.
Decoration and ornament, Medieval England Westminster (London) Congresses.
Planchers en mosaïque Angleterre Westminster (London) Congrès.
Décoration et ornement médiévaux Angleterre Westminister (London)
Cosmati work
Decoration and ornament, Medieval
Mosaic floors
Cosmaten
Fußbodenmosaik
Mozaïekvloeren.
Cosmatenwerk.
London Westminster Abbey.
Westminster abbey
Cosmati pavements

Form/genre:

Congress
Kongress London 1998.
Conference papers (document genres)
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Grant, Lindy.
Mortimer, Richard, 1949-
Courtauld research papers ; no. 3.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225523
Call No.: NA3790 .W4 2002
Status: Available