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Roman Mosaics of Britain
Stephen R. Cosh
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Description for Roman Mosaics of Britain
Hardcover. This volume brings to a triumphant conclusion this monumental project to catalogue, describe and illustrate every Romano-British mosaic. Num Pages: 480 pages, 500 b/w & col photographs and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDAR; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 313 x 248 x 44. Weight in Grams: 3116.
This volume brings to a triumphant conclusion this monumental project to catalogue, describe and illustrate every Romano-British mosaic. The area covered by the fourth and final volume in the corpus is one of the richest regions of Britain in economic as well as architectural and artistic terms and this is reflected in the quantity and quality of the region's mosaics, which include the largest figured mosaic ever found in Britain - the Woodchester Orpheus pavement - which was perhaps the inspiration for the other famous Orpheus mosaics of the Roman Cotswolds.
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This volume brings to a triumphant conclusion this monumental project to catalogue, describe and illustrate every Romano-British mosaic. The area covered by the fourth and final volume in the corpus is one of the richest regions of Britain in economic as well as architectural and artistic terms and this is reflected in the quantity and quality of the region's mosaics, which include the largest figured mosaic ever found in Britain - the Woodchester Orpheus pavement - which was perhaps the inspiration for the other famous Orpheus mosaics of the Roman Cotswolds.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Society of Antiquaries of London United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780854312948
SKU
V9780854312948
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About Stephen R. Cosh
Dr David S. Neal, NDD, D.Litt, FSA, trained in graphic design and was head of archaeological illustration of the Ancient Monuments Inspectorate, and later became Senior Archaeologist, English Heritage. He has many years of experience in the study, illustration and publication of mosaic pavements, and is joint author of the major work on the mosaic pavements in Roman Britain, Roman ... Read more
Reviews for Roman Mosaics of Britain
The integration of information and illustrations from a wide range of sources, including details of the history of excavation and the context of the mosaics, are real strengths of all the volumes, as are the carefully thought out format and high production quality. The meticulous approach to recording and presentation sets them apart from catalogues for other Roman provinces, such ... Read more