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Author Rimmer, Michael, author

Title The angel roofs of East Anglia : unseen masterpieces of the middle ages / Michael Rimmer
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : The Lutterworth Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 127 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Contents Front cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Heaven in the Rafters: A Historical Consideration of Angel Roofs -- What Are Angel Roofs? -- Why Do Angel Roofs Matter? -- Where Are Angel Roofs Found? -- The First Angel Roof -- Why Angels at Westminster? -- Why Are Most Angel Roofs in East Anglia? -- How Were Angel Roofs Made? -- Angel Roof Patterns in East Anglia -- When Were Angel Roofs Built? -- Who Made East Anglia's Angel Roofs? -- Who Carved the Angels? -- Colour -- Angel Depiction and Iconography
St Mary, Woolpit, Suffolk -- All Saints, Ellington, Cambridgeshire -- St Andrew, Isleham, Cambridgeshire -- St Andrew, Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire -- St Wendreda, March, Cambridgeshire -- Appendix 1: Maps and Gazetteer: Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire -- Appendix 2: Examples of East Anglian Roof Types -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Back cover
St Peter, Ringland, Norfolk -- St Mary, South Creake, Norfolk -- St Peter and St Paul, Swaffham, Norfolk -- St Botolph, Trunch, Norfolk -- St Peter, Upwell, Norfolk -- St Mary, West Walton, Norfolk -- St Mary Magdalene, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalene, Norfolk -- Wymondham Abbey, Wymondham, Norfolk -- St Peter and St Paul, Bardwell, Suffolk -- Holy Trinity, Blythburgh, Suffolk -- St Mary, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk -- St Andrew, Cotton, Suffolk -- St Mary, Earl Stonham, Suffolk -- All Saints, Hawstead, Suffolk -- St Mary, Mildenhall, Suffolk -- St John the Baptist, Needham Market, Suffolk
The Presence of Angels in Medieval Life -- The Destruction of Angels -- Photographs -- A Note on the Photography -- Westminster Hall, London -- St Botolph, Banningham, Norfolk -- St Andrew, Burlingham St Andrew, Norfolk -- St Agnes, Cawston, Norfolk -- St Edmund, Emneth, Norfolk -- St Martin, Fincham, Norfolk -- St Mary, Gissing, Norfolk -- St Nicholas, King's Lynn, Norfolk -- St Peter and St Paul, Knapton, Norfolk -- St George, Methwold, Norfolk -- All Saints, Necton, Norfolk -- St Mary, North Creake, Norfolk -- St Peter Mancroft, Norwich, Norfolk -- St Clement, Outwell, Norfolk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-124) and index
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Subject Church architecture -- England -- East Anglia -- History -- To 1500
Architectural woodwork -- England -- East Anglia -- History -- To 1500
Angels in art.
Architectural woodwork -- England -- East Anglia
Church architecture -- England -- East Anglia
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Religious.
Angels in art
Architectural woodwork
Church architecture
England -- East Anglia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780718843175
0718843177
0718843185
9780718843182