Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture

Comprehensive catalogue of pre-Conquest stone sculpture in England.

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 It provides a comprehensive photographic record, including many previously unpublished or inaccessible pieces.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

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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
978-0-19-726756-1 hbk (2023)
656 pages, including 102 black and white plate pages.


Vol. XIII. Derbyshire and Staffordshire
by Jane Hawkes and Philip Sidebottom with Martin Biddle
978-0-19-726621-2 hbk (2018)
574 pages, including 180 black and white plate pages and 1 colour plate


Vol. XII. Nottinghamshire
by Paul Everson and David Stocker
978-0-19-726595-6 hbk (2016)
370 pages, including 76 black and white plate pages


Vol. XI. Early Cornish Sculpture
by Ann Preston-Jones and Elisabeth Okasha
978-0-19-726565-9 hbk (2013)
518 pages, including 152 black and white and 15 colour plate pages

Winner of the Holyer and Gof Cup 2015.


Vol. X. The Western Midlands
by Richard Bryant with Michael Hare
978-0-19-726515-4 hbk (2012)
616 pages, including 152 black and white plate pages and 1 colour plate


Vol. IX. Cheshire and Lancashire
by Richard N Bailey 
978-0-19-726462-1 hbk (2010)
536 pages, including 192 plate pages

There is searchable content available for Volume IX.


Vol. VIII. Western Yorkshire
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
978-0-19-726334-1 hbk (2008)
528 pages, including 174 plate pages

There is searchable content available for Volume VIII.


Vol. VII. South-West England
by Rosemary Cramp
978-0-19-726334-1 hbk (2006, out of print)
464 pages, including 136 plate pages

There is searchable content available for Volume VII.


Vol. VI. Northern Yorkshire
by James Lang
978-0-19-726256-6 hbk (2002)
556 pages, including 171 plate pages

There is searchable content available for Volume VI.


Vol. V. Lincolnshire 
by Paul Everson and David Stocker 
0-19-726188-4 hbk (1999, out of print)

There is searchable content available for Volume V.


Vol. IV. South-East England 
by Dominic Tweddle, Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle 
0-19-726129-9  hbk (1995, out of print)
594 pages, including 1 colour plate

There is searchable content available for Volume IV.


Vol. III. York and Eastern Yorkshire 
by James Lang 
0-19-726079-9 hbk (1991, out of print)

There is searchable content available for Volume III.


Vol. II. Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North-of-the-Sands 
by Richard N. Bailey and Rosemary Cramp 
0-19-726036-5 hbk (1988, out of print)

There is searchable content available for Volume II.


Vol. I. County Durham and Northumberland 
by Rosemary Cramp 
0-19-726012-8 hbk (1984, out of print)

Two-part set. There is searchable content available for Volume I.


Grammar of Anglo-Saxon Ornament: A General Introduction to the Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture 
by Rosemary Cramp 
0-19-726098-5 pbk (1991, reprinted in 1995 and 1999, out of print)

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


Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture: General Introduction 
by Rosemary Cramp 
0-85672-478-5 pbk (1984, 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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