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Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani

Catalogue of sculpture from Roman Britain.

The scheme for an international Corpus of Sculpture of the Roman World was launched in 1963. In 1974, the British Academy assumed responsibility for cataloguing sculpture from Roman Britain (to be published as Volume I of the British contribution) – as opposed to Roman sculpture imported into Britain in recent times (Volumes II and III). For each item, the provenance, present location and bibliography are listed, followed by a full description of the sculpture, including its condition, measurements and material, and interpretation. There is a full photographic record. Many items are published for the first time.

The sculpture is classified into various categories, e.g. Graeco-Roman and Romano-Celtic deities, funerary monuments, building records, and miscellaneous human figures and animals.

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The Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani is an international academic enterprise with the aim of documenting the immense sculptural heritage of the Roman Empire through published catalogues produced in the various countries which now embrace its territory.

Volumes

Great Britain, Volume I

Vol. 11. The Hinterland of Hadrian's Wall and Derbyshire
by Lindsay Allason-Jones
9780197266892 (2023) hbk

Vol. 10. Roman Sculpture from London and the South-East
by Penny Coombe, Francis Grew, Kevin Hayward, and Martin Henig
9780197265710 (2015) hbk

British Academy Review article by Penny Coombe

Vol. 9. Roman Sculpture from the North West Midlands
by Martin Henig
9780197262900 (2004) hbk

Vol. 8. Roman Sculpture from Eastern England
by Janet Huskinson
019726140X (1994) hbk - out of print

Vol. 7. Roman Sculpture from the Cotswold Region, with Devon and Cornwall
by Martin Henig
0197261353 (1993) hbk - out of print

Vol. 6. Hadrian’s Wall West of the North Tyne, and Carlisle
by J. C. Coulston and E. J. Phillips
0197260586 (1988) hbk - out of print

Vol. 5. Wales
by Richard J. Brewer
0197260454 (1986) hbk - out of print

Vol. 4. Scotland
by L. J. F. Keppie and Beverly J. Arnold
0197260268 (1984) hbk - out of print

Vol. 3. Yorkshire
by Sergio Rinaldi Tufi
0197260195 (1983) hbk - out of print

Vol. 2. Bath and the Rest of Wessex
by B. W. Cunliffe and M. G. Fulford
0197260047 (1982) hbk - out of print

Vol. 1. Corbridge, Hadrian’s Wall East of the North Tyne
by E. J. Phillips
0197259545 (1977) hbk - out of print


Note
The British Academy is publishing fascicules of Volume I only. It is not responsible for publishing Volume II (published by British Museum Press) or Volume III.

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