{"title":"The Painted Wooden Tomb Effigies at Goudhurst to Sir Alexander Culpepper (d. 1541) and his Second Wife, Dame Constance Culpepper, and their Comparators","authors":"S. Badham","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2023.2231227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2023.2231227","url":null,"abstract":"Wooden tomb effigies are now rare in England and Wales, although it is likely that they were once relatively common. Of the total of 120 known examples, only ninety-three survive. The other twenty-seven documented figures have been lost or destroyed owing to woodworm, fire, iconoclasm, theft and the general misuse that has beset this monumental type. Most remaining examples are mere skeletons of their original state, with any surface decoration worn away or cleaned off over the centuries, leaving only bare wood with perhaps traces of polychromy in crevices. A minority are now painted, but most do not display the original surface finish. The effigies at Goudhurst (Kent) to Sir Alexander Culpepper (d. 1541) and his second wife were thought to have been similarly overpainted, but new evidence from recent pigment analysis using polarized light microscopy shows that this was probably only partial. Physical and documentary evidence throw much light on the dating of the monument, the two effigies of which were produced at different times, the older parts dating to 1537. A detailed assessment of the memorial and its comparanda underlines the unique nature of the pair.","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"176 1","pages":"296 - 315"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43940336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Barnwell, E. Craig-Atkins, J. Crangle, D. Hadley
{"title":"Medieval Charnel Houses: Resurrecting Lost Medieval Rites","authors":"P. Barnwell, E. Craig-Atkins, J. Crangle, D. Hadley","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2023.2205264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2023.2205264","url":null,"abstract":"Through analysis of written sources, architectural evidence, excavation reports and antiquarian records this paper argues that charnelling of human skeletal remains was more common in medieval England than has hitherto been fully recognized. It became increasingly widespread following formalization of belief in Purgatory in the late 13th century, and charnel houses can be found both at the better-documented greater churches and at parish churches, for which churchwardens’ accounts are important sources. Charnel houses are mainly freestanding buildings in churchyards, or crypts within the body of the church, and both forms are often semi-subterranean, with the carefully maintained charnel visible through windows high in the charnel house walls. There was typically a chapel located above the charnel room, in which prayers for the dead were offered, similar to chantries. The paper presents the first detailed exploration of the potential liturgical contexts for charnelling. It is argued that the most likely form of rite to accompany the translation and deposition of charnel would have comprised a re-enactment of the Office of the Dead followed by an adapted version of the burial service, with possible secondary uses of the charnel house in the days leading up to Easter, the most solemn part of the Christian year.","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"176 1","pages":"270 - 295"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48532515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thomas Becket, Henry II, Daughters and Sons: A Family Affair","authors":"C. Hennessy","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2023.2216067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2023.2216067","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the intentions and activities of the children of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine in participating in or promoting the cult of Thomas Becket. It looks at the existing material evidence as well as historical accounts. Much valuable recent work has focused on the daughters, Matilda, Leonor and Joanna, and their patronage regarding Becket, which includes the iconography of an illuminated manuscript page, the dedication of an altar and the design of a monumental mosaic. Taking the patronage of the daughters out of isolation, they are seen here in the context of the whole family. Young Henry was particularly involved with his father’s penance and independently venerated Becket. Richard and John also inherited their father’s sense that Becket was a supporter of the crown and honoured him at his tomb at key moments in their lives. Without underestimating both the daughters and other women as patrons of the arts, the relevance of viewing women within the historical framework of their lives and relationships is emphasized, including recognizing the involvement of their husbands. The sibling’s connections with the martyr are also evaluated in the light of the phenomenal success of Becket’s cult that spread so swiftly following his canonization.","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"176 1","pages":"71 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48559725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Iwona Matraszek-Źuchowska, Alicja Kłopot, Katarzyna Sielska, Beata Korycińska, Sebastian Witek, Paulina Zdonek, Piotr Jedziniak
{"title":"Liquid chromatographytandem mass spectrometry methods for determination of stanozolol and l6β-hydroxy-stanozolol in animal urine.","authors":"Iwona Matraszek-Źuchowska, Alicja Kłopot, Katarzyna Sielska, Beata Korycińska, Sebastian Witek, Paulina Zdonek, Piotr Jedziniak","doi":"10.2478/jvetres-2023-0030","DOIUrl":"10.2478/jvetres-2023-0030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Because of the activities and effects they induce, hormones are prohibited for use for anabolic purposes in farm animals intended for slaughter, which is regulated in the European Union by relevant legal provisions. Therefore, there is an obligation to monitor residues of hormones in animals and food of animal origin to ensure consumer safety. A hormone banned but used formerly for fattening cattle, stanozolol, and its metabolite 16β-OH-stanozolol are synthetic compounds that belong to a large group of steroid hormones. This study investigates residues of these compounds in animal urine.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>From 2006-2022, 2,995 livestock urine samples were tested for stanozolol residues in Poland as part of the National Residue Monitoring Programme. A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method to determine stanozolol and 16β-OH-stanozolol in animal urine was developed and validated according to the required criteria. Urine sample analysis was based on enzymatic hydrolysis of hormones potentially present in it to the free form, extraction of them from the sample with a mixture of n-hexane and butyl alcohol, purification of an extract on an NH2 amine column and finally, instrumental detection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The apparent recovery and precision parameters of the developed method were in line with the established criteria, while its decision limits CCα and detection capabilities CCβ were lower than the recommended concentration for analytical purposes set at 2 μg L<sup>-1</sup> (valid until December 15, 2022; currently set as 0.5 μg L<sup>-1</sup>).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>All examined samples were compliant with the evaluation criteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"20 1","pages":"275-287"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10740318/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81002496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What was the Castilian Tabernacle-Altarpiece in the Met Cloisters? Proposals for its Function and Context","authors":"F. Baños","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2023.2205714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2023.2205714","url":null,"abstract":"A set of three Castilian panel paintings of the late 13th century is usually on display in the Met Cloisters in New York. These paintings, of unknown provenance, have long been recognized as part of a tabernacle-altarpiece or tabernacle shrine, but in spite of this and their relatively good condition, they have attracted little attention in studies on Gothic painting in Castile. Recent scholarship on tabernacle shrines provides a new basis for their research. By analyzing the panels’ most unique feature (the depiction of small-scale scenes offering a cycle of the Passion, visible when the altarpiece was closed), and through comparison with other contemporary works, this article proposes a possible context and use for this important example of early Gothic painting in Castile.","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"176 1","pages":"146 - 177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48453016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Like, or Better’: Building Contracts and Late-Medieval Perceptions of Quality in Architecture","authors":"Alfie Robinson","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2023.2168897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2023.2168897","url":null,"abstract":"This article uses building contracts to understand late-medieval perceptions of quality in architecture. The focus of the paper is value judgements based on existing buildings, which were to be emulated or ‘bettered’. The contracts for Magdalen College, Oxford are the central case study. This paper argues that ‘good’ in these contracts refers to the function of the building and the specifics of its design, and that other English and continental contracts also focus on the visible particulars of a structure. Such contracts make no reference to religious or political symbolism, rhetoric or iconography. It seems that, when closely engaged in the practice of building, medieval patrons and craftspeople showed aesthetic preferences of a precision not found in other sources.","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"176 1","pages":"249 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48378867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrarapid Iron Polymaltose Infusions Are Safe for Management of Iron Deficiency.","authors":"Iouri Banakh, Martha Turek, Daniel Niewodowski, Rumes Kanna Sriamareswaran, Fiona Yeaman, Lilian Vo, Travis Churchill","doi":"10.1159/000527794","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000527794","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Iron deficiency is a common condition, especially among patients with kidney and heart failure and inflammatory bowel disease. Intravenous iron is the preferred method of treatment in these patients, but it usually requires prolonged iron polymaltose infusions or multiple administrations of alternative preparations. The aim of the study was to confirm the safety and patient acceptance of ultrarapid iron polymaltose infusions as an alternative to slower treatments and ferric carboxymaltose.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>An open-label, phase 4 safety study was conducted at a tertiary hospital, with consenting participants diagnosed with iron deficiency and requiring iron polymaltose up to 1,500 mg receiving the infusion over 15 min. The acute adverse event (AE) rates and their severities were compared to historical controls of 1- and 4-h iron polymaltose infusions from a retrospective study of 648 patients from the same study site. Delayed AEs as well as participant infusion acceptability were also studied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three hundred participants over a 2-year period received ultrarapid infusions of iron polymaltose with an acute AE rate of 18.7% and severe AE rate of 1.0%. The total and mild infusion AE rates were higher compared to those of slower infusions (<i>p</i> < 0.001), but comparable for moderate and severe AEs. Delayed reactions occurred in 12.5% of participants, with over 95% of them preferring repeat ultrarapid infusions if required again.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Iron polymaltose can be safely infused at ultrarapid rates when compared to slower infusions, with similar safety to ferric carboxymaltose, offering greater convenience for patients and reduced healthcare costs.</p>","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"16 1","pages":"24-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10928866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81015229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elizabeth Woodville and the Chapel of St Erasmus at Westminster Abbey","authors":"Matthew P. Payne, Janet Goodall","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2022.2101237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2022.2101237","url":null,"abstract":"In 1502 the 13th-century Lady Chapel at the east end of Westminster Abbey was demolished to make way for its new incarnation. Clearance of the site also required the destruction of a chapel dedicated to St Erasmus, which had stood on the south side of the Lady Chapel for only a quarter of a century. This article explores the documentary evidence for the short-lived St Erasmus chapel, from its construction at the behest of Elizabeth Woodville in the late 1470s, to its use for royal burials and to house the abbey’s relics of St Erasmus, and ultimately its fate at the beginning of the 16th century.","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"175 1","pages":"235 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46566688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Pierced and Perforated Carving, as Fine as the Best Cathedral Screen Work’: Antiquarianism and Faking Tudor Furniture in the 1840s","authors":"Peter N. Lindfield","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2022.2096758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2022.2096758","url":null,"abstract":"Collecting ancient furniture — or furniture thought to be ancient — for display in ‘romantic interiors’ proliferated in 18th-century Britain; such pieces became so popular that by the 1840s it was easy to purchase generic examples across the country. This essay explores the output of George Shaw (1810–76), a particularly industrious early Victorian antiquary, who, besides working as an architect, restorer and supplier of Gothic-style interiors, also peddled fake ancestral furniture made for specific victims. He claimed his modern forgeries were from the time of Henry VII or Henry VIII, and this essay demonstrates how they were indebted to his long-term antiquarian research into medieval architecture, heraldry and woodwork. Some of Shaw’s forgeries, particularly those for the 4th duke of Northumberland, have been considered at length recently; however, this essay demonstrates that our understanding of his corpus is far from complete given the recent emergence of his until now forgotten work for the Mosleys of Rolleston Hall in Staffordshire. It also shows how the family’s important collection of ancient furniture, some of it gifted by Elizabeth I, had a direct influence upon his work, and that we should consider him to be a more significant figure in the history of Victorian furniture and forgery than we currently understand him to be.","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"175 1","pages":"266 - 295"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43406731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Annual Report of the Council for the Year Ended 31 December 2021","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2022.2112366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2022.2112366","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":"175 1","pages":"329 - 336"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2022-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44566023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}