Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture

Comprehensive catalogue of pre-Conquest stone sculpture in England.

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This is the first comprehensive catalogue of the substantial amount of stone sculpture that survives from the pre-Conquest period of England. It provides a comprehensive photographic record, including many previously unpublished or inaccessible pieces. The catalogue entries give a detailed description of each stone, and a discussion of its date and art-historical connections (both within England and beyond). Introductory chapters set the historical and stylistic contexts. The stone sculpture of Anglo-Saxon England forms an important source for archaeologists and historians – offering fascinating insights into the thought-world of early medieval man.

General Editor: Dr Sarah Semple

Academy Research Project

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The Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture identifies, records and publishes in a consistent format, English sculpture dating from the 7th to the 11th centuries.

Volumes

Vol. XIV. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
by David Stocker and Paul Everson
9780197267561 (2023) hbk


Vol. XIII. Derbyshire and Staffordshire
by Jane Hawkes and Philip Sidebottom with Martin Biddle
9780197266212 (2018) hbk


Vol. XII. Nottinghamshire
by Paul Everson and David Stocker
9780197265956 (2016) hbk


Vol. XI. Early Cornish Sculpture
by Ann Preston-Jones and Elisabeth Okasha
9780197265659 (2013) hbk

Winner of the Holyer an Gof Cup 2015


Vol. X. The Western Midlands
by Richard Bryant with Michael Hare
9780197265154 (2012) hbk


Vol. IX. Cheshire and Lancashire
by Richard N. Bailey 
9780197264621 hbk (2010) hbk

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Vol. VIII. Western Yorkshire
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
9780197263341 (2008) hbk

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Vol. VII. South-West England
by Rosemary Cramp
9780197263341 (2006) hbk

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Vol. VI. Northern Yorkshire
by James Lang
9780197262566 (2002) hbk

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Vol. V. Lincolnshire 
by Paul Everson and David Stocker 
0197261884 (1999) hbk - out of print

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Vol. IV. South-East England 
by Dominic Tweddle, Martin Biddle, and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle 
0197261299 (1995) hbk - out of print

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Vol. III. York and Eastern Yorkshire 
by James Lang 
0197260799 (1991) hbk - out of print

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Vol. II. Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North-of-the-Sands 
by Richard N. Bailey and Rosemary Cramp 
0197260365 (1988) hbk - out of print

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Vol. I. County Durham and Northumberland 
by Rosemary Cramp 
0197260128 (1984) hbk - out of print

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Grammar of Anglo-Saxon Ornament: A General Introduction to the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture 
by Rosemary Cramp 
0197260985 (1991) pbk - out of print

A copy of the Grammar of Anglo-Saxon Ornament accompanied Volumes III–V and is available as a PDF.


Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: General Introduction 
by Rosemary Cramp 
0856724785 (1984) pbk - out of print

The General Introduction was included within Corpus Volumes I–II. This was re-issued as Grammar of Anglo-Saxon Ornament: A General Introduction to the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture.

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