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	Architecture and Interpretation Essays for Eric Fernie Edited by Jill A. Franklin, T.A. Heslop & Christine Stevenson Essays centred on the methods, pleasures, and pitfalls of architectural interpretation.

	The Art & Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries Julian M. Luxford Analysis of the patronage of Benedictine monasteries has much to reveal about both monastic life and material culture of the time. Paperback.

	The Collected Letters of Jane Morris Edited by Jan Marsh & Frank C. Sharp Presents 500 newly discovered letters from Jane Morris to diverse correspondents, which radically revise the popular view of a silent, discontented invalid and instead portray her as an independent thinker following her own causes. The vast majority of the letters are unpublished, and are fully annotated.

	Common Land in English Painting, 1700-1850 Ian Waites An examination of the treatment of common land in the work of English painters, at a time when much of it was to disappear forever.

	Designs upon the Land Elite Landscapes of the Middle Ages Oliver H. Creighton A wide-ranging and accessibly written account of designed medieval landscapes. Paperback.

	English Medieval Misericords The Margins of Meaning Paul Hardwick A comprehensive survey of the intriguing misericord carvings, setting them in their religious context and looking at their different themes and motifs. Paperback.

	English Medieval Shrines John Crook John Crook, Britain’s foremost expert on shrines, here distils a lifetime’s research into an essential synthesis. BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY

	*Illuminating the Roman d'Alexandre: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264* The Manuscript as Monument Mark Cruse Survey of one of the most important surviving medieval manuscripts reveals much of its contemporary cultural, literary and social milieu.

	Joanna, George, and Henry A Pre-Raphaelite Tale of Art, Love and Friendship Sue Bradbury Biography of three artists closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelites whose letters give a vivid insight into the dramas of their personal life.

	Maps of Medieval Thought The Hereford Paradigm Naomi Reed Kline Mappa mundi texts and images present a panorama of the medieval world-view, c.1300; the Hereford map studied in close detail. Paperback.

	The Medieval Art and Architecture of Bristol Cathedral Edited by Jon Cannon & Beth Williamson Comprehensive and lavishly illustrated survey, by major scholars, of the unjustly neglected medieval art and architecture of Bristol cathedral..

	Medieval Church Window Tracery in England Stephen Hart A comprehensive review of the wide and varied range of window tracery designs that emerged during the medieval period.

	Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches Roger Rosewell An illustrated study of this unique medieval art, surveying the images and iconography that made the medieval church a riot of colour.

	Photography in Africa Ethnographic Perspectives Edited by Richard Vokes Gives an ethnographic account of the complexities of the use of photography in Africa, both historically and in contemporary practice.

	Spanish Art in Britain and Ireland, 1750-1920 Studies in Reception in Memory of Enriqueta Harris Frankfort Edited by Nigel Glendinning & Hilary Macartney From the Golden Age to Goya.

	Suffolk Windmills Brian Flint A full and richly illustrated history of windmills in Suffolk - a county particularly notable for them.

	Surveyors of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey, 1827-1906: Reports and Letters Edited by Christine Reynolds Introduction by Richard Halsey The reports of the surveyors of Westminster Abbey in the nineteenth century provide a treasure trove of information on this most important building.

	The Temple Church in London History, Architecture, Art Edited by David Park & Robin Griffith-Jones The first full-length survey of London’s famous Temple Church, from its foundation in the twelfth century as the main church of the Knights Templar to its partial bombing in the Second World War.

	Thresholds of Medieval Visual Culture: Liminal Spaces Edited by Elina Gertsman & Jill Stevenson Interdisciplinary approaches to the material culture of the middle ages, from illuminated manuscripts to church architecture.

	Uvedale Price (1747-1829) Decoding the Picturesque Charles Watkins & Ben Cowell The first biography of the 18th-century landscape gardener, Uvedale Price, showing the key interconnections between his roles as landowner, art collector, forester, landscaper, connoisseur and scholar.

	Western Frontiers of African Art Moyo Okediji Drawing on the mythological figures of Promethius and Esa, this book examines why artists, writers, musicians, and other creative people appropriate work across mediums and cultures, specifically using examples of visual art to explore and explain a theory of cultural production and exchange between Africa and the West.

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