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Book Review
The Benedictional of AEthelwold
08/1996 | 1121 | 138
Pages: 547-548
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Reviewer:
Henderson, George (Henderson, George; Henderson, G. D. S.)
Subjects
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Anglo-Saxon / Winchester (style)
works:
Benedictional of Saint Æthelwold (London, British Library)
Reviewed Items
works:
The Benedictional of AEthelwold | author: Deshman, Robert
Book Review
Sigena: Romanesque Paintings in Spain and the Winchester Bible Artists
01/1974 | 850 | 116
Pages: 49
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Reviewer:
Borg, Alan (Borg, Alan)
Subjects
artists:
Master of the Morgan Leaf
buildings:
Santa María la Real de Sigena, (destroyed 1936), Sigena, Spain
dates:
1100-1199
places:
England / Spain / Sigena
subjects:
Spanish painting / British painting / Early English / Winchester (style)
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Influence
works:
Winchester Bible (Winchester Cathedral Library)
Reviewed Items
works:
Sigena: Romanesque Paintings in Spain and the Winchester Bible Artists | author: Oakeshott, Walter
Article
A Cycle of English Frescoes in Spain
05/1961 | 698 | 103
Pages: 162+166-173+175
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Author:
Pächt, Otto (Pächt, Otto)
Subjects
buildings:
Santa María la Real de Sigena, (destroyed 1936), Sigena, Spain
dates:
1200-1299
dates:
1100-1199
places:
England / Spain / Sigena
subjects:
British painting / Early English / Medieval / Frescoes
subjects:
Winchester (style)
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Influence
subjects:
Byzantine art
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Adam Asleep. Detail from The Temptation of Eve. Early Thirteenth Century. Fresco. (Chapter House, Convent of Sigena.)
Western art unattributed:
10. Sacrifice of Isaac. Detail from the Genesis Initial, Winchester Bible. (Winchester Cathedral.)
Western art unattributed:
11. Drunkenness of Noah, Detail. Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.)
Western art unattributed:
12. Vision of Ezekiel, Detail. Miniature from the Winchester Bible. (Winchester Cathedral.)
Western art unattributed:
13. Adam and Eve Being Instructed in Agriculture. Anglo-Saxon, Early Eleventh Century. Miniature from Aclfric's Heptateuch. (British Museum, London, Cotton MS., Claudius B. IV. Fol. 7v.)
Western art unattributed:
14. Nativity, Detail. Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.)
Western art unattributed:
15. Detail from Winchester Leaf, Showing Border with Curved Key Pattern. English, Late Twelfth Century. (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, MS. 619.)
Western art unattributed:
16. Presentation in the Temple, Detail. Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.)
Western art unattributed:
17. Temptation of Eve, Detail. Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.)
Western art unattributed:
18. The Lord Pointing to the Tree of Knowledge, Detail. Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.)
Western art unattributed:
19. Moses and Aaron Leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.)
Western art unattributed:
2. General View of the Chapter House, Convent of Sigena. 3. Moses on Mount Sinai. Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.). 4. The Bernacle Goose. Miniature from a Bestiary. English, Early Thirteenth Century. (British Museum, London, Harley MS.4751, fol. 36r.) 5. Moses on Mount Sinai. Detail from the Genesis Initial, Winchester Bible. (Winchester Cathedral.). 6. Animal Musicians. Detail from Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.). 7. Animal Musicians. Historiated Initial from the York Psalter. English, Late Twelfth Century. (Univ. Library, Glasgow, Hunterian MS.U.3.2.)
Western art unattributed:
20. Simeon. Detail from Presentation in the Temple. Mosaic, Late Twelfth Century. (Martorana, Palermo.)
Western art unattributed:
8. Sacrifice of Isaac. Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.)
Western art unattributed:
9. Adam and Eve Being Instructed in Agriculture. Fresco. (Convent of Sigena.)
Article
An Ivory Relief of the Ascension
04/1956 | 637 | 98
Pages: 118-122
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Author:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
dates:
1150-1199
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England
subjects:
Jesus Christ: Ascension
subjects:
British sculpture / Early English
subjects:
Christian iconography
subjects:
Art museums / Acquisitions
subjects:
Ivories / Reliefs
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Winchester (style) / Influence
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
19. Ascension, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1170-80. Ivory Relief, 13.6 by 7.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
20. Detail from Eleventh-Century Illustration to Psalm CXLI in English Psalter, Harley MS.603. (British Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
21. Rest on the Flight into Egypt. Ivory Group, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180-90. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.)
Western art unattributed:
22. Detail from St Nicholas Crozier Showing St Nicholas Fasting from the Breast, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180. Ivory. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
23, 24. Details from the Ivory Relief Illustrated in Fig.19 (Slightly Enlarged.)
Western art unattributed:
27. Detail from St Nicholas Crozier Showing Scenes from the Life of St Nicholas, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180. Ivory. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
28. Detail from St Nicholas Crozier Showing St Nicholas Reaching Upwards with Gold in his Left Hand, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180. Ivory. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Western art unattributed:
29. Detail from St Nicholas Crozier Showing Scenes from the Life of Christ, Attributed to an English Workshop, c.1180. Ivory. (Victoria and Albert Museum.)
Book Review
English Art during the Anglo-Saxon Period
03/1953 | 600 | 95
Pages: 104-106
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Reviewer:
Dodwell, C. R. (Dodwell, C. R.; Dodwell, Reginald)
Subjects
dates:
0900-0999 / 1000-1099
places:
England
subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / Early English
subjects:
Byzantine art / Influence
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Winchester (style)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
English Art 871-1100 | author: Rice, D. Talbot
Article
English Art
12/1933 | 369 | 63
Pages: 242-245+248-249+252-255+258-261+264-265+268-271+274-277
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Author:
Read, Herbert (H. R.) (Read, Herbert (H. R.); Read, Herbert Edward; R., H.)
Subjects
art literature:
Baudelaire, Charles
artists:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
artists:
Hogarth, William
artists:
Constable, John
artists:
Etty, William, 1787-1849
artists:
Flaxman, John
artists:
Cruikshank, George
artists:
Gainsborough, Thomas
artists:
Reynolds, Joshua
artists:
Blake, William
dates:
1800-1899
dates:
1700-1799
dates:
1200-1299
places:
England / Winchester
subjects:
Wordsworth, William
subjects:
Nature / Romanticism
subjects:
Landscapes (visual works) / Portraits
subjects:
British sculpture / Medieval
subjects:
Paintings / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Art criticism
subjects:
French painting / Influence
subjects:
Pre-Raphaelite
subjects:
British painting / Illuminated manuscripts / Early English / Winchester (style)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Mr. and Mrs. Brown of Trent Hall, by Thomas Gainsborough. About 1752. Canvas, 83.8 by 140.9 cm. (Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt.)
Attributed works:
Plate IX. A-Domfront, by John Sell Cotman. 1820. Sepia Drawing on Paper, 25.8 by 40.4 cm. (Mr. Martin Hardie). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate IX. B-Slepping Stones on the Wharfe, by Thomas Girtin. About 1801. 32.3 by 52 cm. (Mr. T. Girtin) [Copyright Strictly Reserved]. English Art
Attributed works:
Plate VII. A-The Stay Maker, by William Hogarth (1697-1764). Canvas, 71 by 91 cm. (Sir Edmund Davis). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate VII. B-Dressing for the Masquerade, by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Water-Colour Drawing. 29.2 by 40 cm. (Mr. Edward Marsh). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate VIII. A-Tabley House, Cheshire, by Richard Wilson. Exhibited 1780. Canvas, 100.3 by 125.7 cm. (Lord Ashton of Hyde) [Copyright Strictly Reserved]. English Art
Attributed works:
Plate VIII. B-The Harvest Waggon, by Thomas Gainsborough. Exhibited 1771. Canvas, 121.9 by 144.7 cm. (Lord Swaythling) [Copyright Strictly Reserved]. English Art
Attributed works:
Plate X. A-A Coast Scene, by Richard Bonington. 1826. Canvas, 30.4 by 40.6 cm. (The Nottingham Art Gallery). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate X. B-New Mills, by John Crome. Exhibited 1812. Canvas, 27.9 by 34.2 cm. (Mr. C. W. Dyson Perrins). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate XI. A-Elijah about to Ascent in the Chariot of Fire, by William Blake. 1795. Printed Drawing, 42.2 by 51.7 cm. (Mr. Graham Robertson). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate XI. B-Nude, by William Etty. (1787-1849). Canvas, 39.3 by 49.5 cm. (The Earl of Sandwich). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate XII. A-Lady Frances Scott, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. About 1759. Canvas, 74.2 by 61.5 cm. (The National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate XII. B-Charles Barwell, by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830). Canvas, 53.3 by 40.6 cm. (Mr. Anthony de Rothschild). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate XIII. A-Stonehenge, by John Constable. About 1835. Watercolour Drawing, 38.1 by 59.6 cm. (The Victoria and Albert Museum). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate XIII. B-View on the Stour, by John Constable. 1811. Canvas, 25.4 by 30.4 cm. (The Victoria and Albert Museum). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate XIV. A-Bonneville, Savoy, by J. M. W. Turner. Exhibited 1803. Canvas, 92.7 by 121.9 cm. (Major S. J. Courtauld). English Art
Attributed works:
Plate XIV. B-Snow-Storm: Steamboat off a Harbour Mouth, by J. M. W. Turner. Exhibited 1842. Canvas, 90.2 by 120 cm. (The Tate Gallery). English Art
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. The Entry into Jerusalem. From the Benedictional of St. Aethelwold. Winchester School. About 975 to 980. 29 by 22 cm. (The Duke of Devonshire). [Copyright Strictly Reserved]. English Art
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Abimelech and Abraham (?), Baanah and Rechab (?). Detail of a Page from the Winchester Bible. About 1160-1170 (Winchester Cathedral). English Art
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. B, C-The Twelve Apostles. Stone Carvings in the South Porch of Malmesbury Abbey Church, Wiltshire. About 1160. English Art
Western art unattributed:
Plate IV. SS. Lawrence and Margaret. Panel from an Altar-Frontal. Embroidered Velvet. About 1300. 55 by 55 cm. (Mrs. Robert Bliss). English Art
Western art unattributed:
Plate V. A, F-The Annunciation. Figures in wood. Fourteenth century. Height, including base, about 186 cm. (The Corporation of Vicars Choral, Wells); B-Christ in Majesty. Stone carving. About 1000. 101.6 by 45.7 cm. (Barnack, Northamptonshire); C-The Virgin and Child. Fragment. Stone carving. About 1340. 48.5 by 35 cm. (Winchester Cathedral); D-God the Father with the Crucified Son. Alabaster. About the second quarter of the fifteenth century. 51.1 by 24.1 cm. (Mr. Walter L. Hildburgh); E-Virgin and Child. Alabaster. Late fourteenth to early fifteenth century. Height, 82 cm. (Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery). English Art
Western art unattributed:
Plate VI. A-The Annunciation and St. John the Baptist; B-The Coronation of the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist. Two Wings of a Diptych. Ivory. Middle of Fourteenth Century. Each, 24.5 by 11.5 cm. (A, British Museum; B, Louvre, Paris). English Art
Article
Byzantium and Anglo-Saxon Sculpture-I
12/1932 | 357 | 61
Pages: 265-269+272-274
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Author:
Casson, Stanley (Casson, Stanley; Casson, S.)
Subjects
dates:
0600-0699
dates:
0900-0999 / 1000-1099
places:
England / York / Winchester
subjects:
British sculpture / Anglo-Saxon
subjects:
Byzantine art / Influence
subjects:
Ivories
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Winchester (style)
subjects:
Metalwork / Art objects / Enamels
subjects:
French sculpture / Carolingian / Influence
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Heads of Apostles. Sixth-Seventh Century (Archivolt of the Church of St. Mary Panachrantos, Constantinople). B-Coins of Edward the Elder and Ethelred II Showing the Dextera Dei. Byzantium and Anglo-Saxon Sculpture
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. C-Heads of Apostles. The Easby Cross. Detail. Eighth Century (Victoria and Albert Museum). Byzantium and Anglo-Saxon Sculpture
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. D-Head of Apostle. Detail. Sixth-Seventh Century (Archivolt of St. Mary Panachrantos, Constantinople). Byzantium and Anglo-Saxon Sculpture
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Crucifix. Tenth-Eleventh Century (Romsey Abbey, Hampshire). Byzantium and Anglo-Saxon Sculpture
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. B-Ivory Crucifix. C-Pectoral Ivory Cross. Saxon (Victoria and Albert Museum). Byzantium and Anglo-Saxon Sculpture
Book Review
English Painting
12/1932 | 357 | 61
Pages: 293
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Reviewer:
Laver, James (Laver, James; Laver, J.; L., J.)
Subjects
artists:
Hilliard, Nicholas
artists:
Dyck, Anthony van
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Winchester (style)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
English Painting | author: Johnson, Charles
Short Notice
An English Ivory for South Kensington
12/1928 | 309 | 53
Pages: 318-319+321
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Author:
Longhurst, Margaret H. (Longhurst, Margaret H.; Longhurst, M. H.; Longhurst, M.; Longhurst, Margaret)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1049
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England
places:
Winchester
subjects:
British sculpture / Ivories / Early English / Jesus Christ
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Winchester (style) / Influence
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
A-Christ in Majesty. Relief in walrus tusk; early eleventh century; height 9.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum); B-Illuminated page from the Grimbald Gospels. (British Museum). Shorter Notices: An English Ivory for South Kensington
Article
English Enamels of the Twelfth Century-II
10/1926 | 283 | 49
Pages: 161-163+166-169+173+202
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Author:
Mitchell, H. P. (Mitchell, H. P.; M., H. P.; Mitchell, Mr.)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199
patrons:
Blois, Henry de, Bishop of Winchester, c.1096–1171
places:
England / Winchester
places:
Saint Albans
subjects:
British painting / Early English / Enamels
subjects:
Winchester (style)
subjects:
Christian iconography / Saints
subjects:
Peter, Saint / Paul, Saint
subjects:
James the Less, Saint
subjects:
Jesus Christ
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Influence
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-St. Paul disputing with the Greeks and Jews (Victoria and Albert Museum); B-St. Paul among his disciples (Metropolitan Museum, New York); C-St. Paul let down in a basket from the walls of Damascus (Victoria and Albert Museum); D-St. Peter essaying to walk on the Water. (Germanisches Museum, Nuremberg). Champlevé enamel on gilt copper, each 12.7 cm. by 8.5 cm. Here identified as English. English Enamels of the Twelfth Century-II
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-St. James the Less and St. Jude. Enamel, here identified as English. 13.6 cm. by 10.4 cm. (British Museum); B-Christ enthroned. From Bede on the Apocalypse; second half of twelfth century. (St. John's College, Cambridge); C-Seated Physician. From a medical treatise; late twelfth century. (British Museum, Harl. 1585, fol. 7 v.); D-Inscription from an enamel on Plate I; E, F-Seal of St. Alban's Abbey; G-Seated Physician. From a medical treatise; late twelfth century. (British Museum, Harl. 1585, fol. 13 r.). English Enamels of the Twelfth Century-II
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Standing figure. English twelfth century drawing; B-Drawing from Terence, fol. 48 v. (Bodleian Library, Oxford; C, D, G, H-Drawings from a Bestiary of the twelfth century (British Museum, Add. MS. 11283); E, F-Drawings (British Museum, Harl. 1585, fol. 12 v.). English Enamels of the Twelfth Century-II
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