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Guide to Suffolk Churches (Popular Guide)
D.P. Mortlock
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Description for Guide to Suffolk Churches (Popular Guide)
Paperback. An authoritative and handsomely illustrated guide to the 'living' medieval churches of the county of Suffolk, now available as a single volume. Num Pages: 608 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAS; AMN; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 918.
Suffolk is a county renowned for the beauty of its many parish churches, but for the average visitor the physical language in which they speak, that of stained glass, engraved fonts, and hammer-beamed roofs, is bewildering. Now available in an updated, single volume, the Guide to Suffolk Churches provides a way into this fascinating world, its architecture and history. From bells to pulpits to centuries-old graffiti found in window sills, each church unfolds from sealed tome to open book in Mortlockís hands. Accompanying the entries there is an extensive glossary/index and two useful appendices. From carvings of woodwoses to weeping ... Read more
Suffolk is a county renowned for the beauty of its many parish churches, but for the average visitor the physical language in which they speak, that of stained glass, engraved fonts, and hammer-beamed roofs, is bewildering. Now available in an updated, single volume, the Guide to Suffolk Churches provides a way into this fascinating world, its architecture and history. From bells to pulpits to centuries-old graffiti found in window sills, each church unfolds from sealed tome to open book in Mortlockís hands. Accompanying the entries there is an extensive glossary/index and two useful appendices. From carvings of woodwoses to weeping ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718830762
SKU
V9780718830762
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About D.P. Mortlock
D.P. Mortlock is Librarian to the Earl of Leicester and former County Librarian of Norfolk. He is a Fellow of the Library Association and served as an officer in the Indian Army from 1945-7. He is also the author of the Guide to Norfolk Churches, also published in one volume in 2007.
Reviews for Guide to Suffolk Churches (Popular Guide)
'If there is one thing better than wandering around medieval churches on your own, it is doing so with a companion who is affable, knowledgeable, and interesting ... [Mortlock] has the engaging manner of a detective, piecing together the story of the building from the available evidence, describing the historical development and idiosyncratic features ... the beauty of this book ... Read more