{"title":"The Silver Seal Matrix of John de Wike Found in Bratton Seymour Parish, Somerset","authors":"M. Henig, J. Cherry","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2021.1923810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2021.1923810","url":null,"abstract":"This note examines a silver seal matrix set with a very remarkable Roman gem showing the youthful Octavian wearing the petasus (a sunhat with broad brim) of Mercury. From the inscription it belonged to John de Wike. The gem was probably set in the matrix in the late 13th or early 14th century. This note discusses the name of the owner and the design of the gem.","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48662535","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":"La catedral habitada. Historia viva de un espacio arquitectónico","authors":"C. Beltrami","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2021.1965323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2021.1965323","url":null,"abstract":"This book’s title, ‘The Inhabited Cathedral: Living History of an Architectural Space’, clearly conveys its contents and aims. ‘Space’ redirects the spotlight from the surfaces of walls and tracery...","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42209794","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":"Art and Political Thought in Medieval England, 1150–1350.","authors":"L. De Beer","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2020.1810408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810408","url":null,"abstract":"When William FitzStephen, erstwhile clerk of Thomas Becket, described the early years of Henry II’s reign, he characterised them as follows: Through the industry and counsel of the chancellor, thro...","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810408","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47941518","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":"Cut in Alabaster. A Material of Sculpture and its European Traditions 1330–1530","authors":"J. Luxford","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2020.1810409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810409","url":null,"abstract":"This book on the use of alabaster for sculpture in the late Middle Ages has been eagerly anticipated, so it is good to have it at last. A spate of work on alabaster has appeared in the last decade,...","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810409","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46825005","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":"The Mystic Cave. A History of the Nativity Church in Bethlehem","authors":"Manuel Castiñeiras","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2020.1810413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810413","url":null,"abstract":"Michele Bacci’s latest publication is the result of his position as the art historical consultant in a multidisciplinary consortium which, since 2010, has been working in the Basilica of the Nativi...","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810413","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42935181","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":"Die Kirchen im Landesteil Schleswig","authors":"Justin Kroesen","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2020.1810410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810410","url":null,"abstract":"The German state of Schleswig-Holstein contains a wealth of medieval art scattered across its museums and churches. The churches in the northern part, Schleswig, are the richest in medieval furnish...","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810410","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42436042","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":"The Fabric Accounts of St Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster, 1292–1396","authors":"J. Munby","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2020.1810412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810412","url":null,"abstract":"The loss of the greater part of St Stephen’s Chapel at Westminster in the great fire of 1834 (as a result it must always be remembered, of an archival bonfire of tally sticks) has deprived us of on...","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810412","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47913396","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":"Archaeological Investigations at Missenden Abbey, 1983–88","authors":"David Robinson","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2020.1810407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810407","url":null,"abstract":"In the wake of the Second World War, the Missenden Abbey estate was purchased by Buckinghamshire County Council. At its heart, a not insignificant post-suppression house had been recast in Regency ...","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810407","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43819067","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":"Great Cloister: A History of the Canterbury Cloister, Constructed 1408–14, with Some Account of the Donors and their Coats of Arms.","authors":"M. Carter","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2020.1810411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810411","url":null,"abstract":"There can be no doubt that the great cloister at Canterbury Cathedral is — as asserted in the introduction to this book — one of the glories of medieval English architecture. In this 700-page study...","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00681288.2020.1810411","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45682754","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":"Anger’s Broken Sword: Prudentius’ Psychomachia and the Iconography of Becket’s Martyrdom","authors":"A. Jeffs","doi":"10.1080/00681288.2020.1787630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00681288.2020.1787630","url":null,"abstract":"In some of the earliest images of Becket’s martyrdom, Reginald FitzUrse is shown breaking his sword on the saint's head; a detail at odds with the literal description of the martyrdom by the first hagiographers, who describe Richard le Bret’s sword breaking not on the head, but on the Cathedral pavement. This article contends that the iconography reflects the hagiographers’ allegorical, rather than literal, treatment of a martyrdom, in which Becket and the knights are polarised as embodiments of virtue and vice. The model for this interpretation was, it is argued, found in illustrated manuscripts of Prudentius’ ‘Psychomachia’, a Late Antique text about a battle between the Virtues and Vices widely read in medieval classrooms. In one episode, commonly illustrated over several scenes, Anger breaks her sword over the head of Patience. Echoes of the characterisation of both figures may be detected in hagiographical descriptions of Becket as unmoving and steadfast and of the knights, especially FitzUrse — the ursine associations of whose name was capitalised upon by the authors — as aggressive and, in the end, self-destructive. Allusions to the ‘Psychomachia’ by Becket’s commentators demonstrate the ways in which authoritative visual and textual sources were mined in the early years of Becket’s cult to lend spiritual weight to the story of his death, especially in the eyes of Christendom’s clerical elite. It shows the potential for visual metaphor to affect subliminally: to shift the focus from historical to allegorical truth, from the event to its meaning.","PeriodicalId":42723,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the British Archaeological Association","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/00681288.2020.1787630","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42268282","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}