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New interpretations of an art form ubiquitious in the Middle Ages.
List of contents
Introduction - Zuleika Murat
'Burton-upon-Trent, not Nottingham.' The evolving study of medieval English alabaster sculpture - Nigel Ramsay
Stone to ensure victory and to generate friendships. On the meaning of alabaster - Aleksandra Lipinska
Contextualizing English Alabasters in the Material Culture of the Medieval Mediterranean - Luca Palozzi
English Alabaster Images as Recipients of Music in the Long Fifteenth Century: English Sacred Traditions in a European Perspective - Andrew Kirkman
Contextualizing alabasters in their immersive environment. The 'ancona d'allabastro di diverse figure' of the Novalesa abbey: meaning and function - Zuleika Murat
Alabaster Carvings in Late-Medieval Lincolnshire - Jennifer S. Alexander
'Tabernacles, howsynges and other things'. Three Alabasters from the Burrell Collection in Context - Claire Blakey
'Tabernacles, howsynges and other things'. Three Alabasters from the Burrell Collection in Context - Rachel King
'Tabernacles, howsynges and other things'. Three Alabasters from the Burrell Collection in Context - Michaela Zöschg
Conservation study of three 'caput' alabaster carvings from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums - Sophie Phillips
Conservation study of three 'caput' alabaster carvings from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums - Stephanie De Roemer
'Smooth as Monumental Alabaster'. The Alabaster Tomb Industry in England 1550 - 1660 - Jon Bayliss
Merchants' tombs in alabaster - Kim Woods
Exploring Alice: the theological, socio-historical, and anatomical context of the de la Pole cadaver sculpture - Christina Welch
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Zuleika Murat
Summary
New interpretations of an art form ubiquitious in the Middle Ages.
