English Medieval Industries: Craftsmen, Techniques, ProductsEnglish Medieval Industries is an authoritative modern survey of medieval crafts and their products. It is heavily illustrated by pictures of surviving objects and contemporary representations of medieval work. Each industry is approached by material (amongst others stone, tin, lead, copper, iron, brick, glass, leather, bone and wood), discussing its acquisition, working and sale as a finished product. The contributors are the leading experts in their fields. They describe the specialist work that went to make the housing, clothing, tools, vessels and ornaments of medieval people. A general bibliography provides a valuable reference tool. |
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Contents
Stone David Parsons | 1 |
Alabaster Nigel Ramsay | 29 |
Purbeck Marble John Blair | 41 |
Tin Lead and Pewter Ronald F Homer | 57 |
Copper Alloys Claude Blair and John Blair | 81 |
Gold Silver and Precious Stones Marian Campbell | 107 |
Iron Jane Geddes | 167 |
Pottery and Tile John Cherry | 189 |
Vessel Glass R J Charleston | 237 |
Window Glass Richard Marks | 265 |
Leather John Cherry | 295 |
Textiles Penelope Walton | 319 |
Antler Bone and Horn A rthur MacGregor | 355 |
Wood Julian Munby | 379 |
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Common terms and phrases
14th century Abbey accounts alabaster alloy Anglo-Saxon antler Arch archaeological bone brasiers brass bricks British Museum Building in England carved cast Castle Cathedral Chapel church clay cloth coloured copper craft craftsmen decorative documentary early 14th century enamel England English engraved evidence example excavated Exeter Exeter Cathedral furnace gilds glass glass-maker glaziers glazing gold goldsmiths Henry Hist History horn Ibid important industry iron jewellery John kilns King's late later latten lead leather London makers manufacture marblers marks masons material medieval Medieval England medieval period merchants metal Middle Ages Minster Monumental Brasses mould Museum of London Oxford pewter plate pots pottery probably production Purbeck marble quarries recorded Romanesque Art roof royal Salzman seal silver Smith Southampton stone surviving tanners Tattershall Castle Textiles Theophilus tiles timber tomb towns trade Westminster Winchester wood wooden wool workshop York York Minster
Bibliographic information
| Title | English Medieval Industries: Craftsmen, Techniques, Products Craftsmen, Techniques, Products |
| Editors | John Blair, Nigel Ramsay |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | A&C Black, 1991 |
| ISBN | 1852853263, 9781852853266 |
| Length | 446 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Business & Economics / Economic History History / Europe / Great Britain / General |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |