Author: G F Hill;H Swainson Cooper etc Title: Proceedings of The Society of Antiquaries of London, 23 November 1916 to 28th June 1917, Second Series Vol XXIX
Description: Frederick Hall for The Societies of Antiquaries, London; Oxford, 1917. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Clean firm brown cover, gilt lettering on the spine, clean pages. Sound binding. Many black and white illustrations. Occasional pages are unopened. Contents include: Early Christian representations of the Baptism of Christ by Sir Martin Conway; A gold ornament in the J P Morgan Collection by Sir Martin Conway; A late Romanesque gold ornament by Sir Martin Conway; Abox of coin weights in the British Museum, made for Henry Somerset, fifth earl of Worcester by Sir C Hercules Read; Side-lights on Italian bow-pullers by Reginald Smith; A Scottish chalice made by Robert Gairdyne of Dundee by W H Quarrell; An Anglo-Saxon cemetry at Wheatley, Oxfordshire by E Thurlow Leeds; Notes on Matthew Raper, Director from 1810 to 1813 by Edward William Brabrook; Some English alabasters in Spain by W L Hildburgh; An albaster retable, formerly at the Angel Inn, Marshfield, Gloucestershire by C R Peers; A late Romanesque Italian processional cross by W L Hildburgh; A Gothic wooden figure of Christ by W L Hildburgh; Notes on Southwick Priory, Hampshire by William Dale; A gold ring with the letters of St. Agatha by G F Hill; A panel of Rhenish enamel of the thirteenth century by C Hercules Read; A piece of embroidery formerly in a church in the province of Helsingland, Sweden by Philip Norman; A carved capital, dated between 1120 and 1140 representing a moneyer at work in the abbey church of St. Georges de Bosherville near Rouen by William Dale; A set of standard tiny weights dated 1588 by L A Lawrence; A cocoa-nut cup, the property of the Grocers' Company, with notes on other cocoa-nut cups by W H Quarrell; Report on excavations in Ireland in 1916 by E C R Armstrong; Anniversary Address by Arthur John Evans; Discovery of a pre-Conquest window with early painting on the internal splays by P M Johnston; An English book of ornamental engravings of the year 1548 by Campbell Dodgson; An oak carving representing the Holy Trinity dated 1553 by H Clifford Smith; Some small jet earings produced at Santiago de Compostela, Spain by W I Hildburgh; etc. 276 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Privately bound with plate for The Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and Withdrawn stamp.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40118021034. ISBN: 095051778X
Keywords: BZDB4 Archaeology; Early History; Medieval history; British History. G F Hill;H Swainson Cooper etc Proceedings of The Society of Antiquaries of London, 23 November 1916 to 28th June 1917, Second Series Vol XXIX Early History Medieval history British His
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