Kelliher, Hilton, Comp., Andrew Marvell: Poet &amp; Politician

Andrew Marvell: Poet and Politician

Kelliher, Hilton

Biographies & Memoirs

British Museum Pubns Ltd

The British Museum's extensive collection of Wedgwood ware contains some of the finest specimens ever made by the factory. Through a close study of the most stunning pieces in the collection, Aileen Dawson reviews the remarkable history of the factory from its foundation up to modern times. Letters and documents bring to life the eighteenth century society whose taste Wedgwood both exploited and influenced, and reveal, too, his close relationship with modellers, painters and sculptors. A chapter is devoted to each of Wedgwood's two most famous masterpieces, the Portland and Pegasus vases.

Masterpieces of Wedgwood

Dawson, Aileen

Arts & Photography

Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture from British Collections

History & Criticism

This catalogue publishes in full the British Museum's collection of over 360 items of metalwork, ceramics and glass, from Europe and America, of the period 1850-1950. These range from William Burges's gothic-revival metalwork, and Russian porcelain of the Revolutionary years, to 25 pieces designed by Christopher Dresser. Much material from continental sources is made available in English, and every item is illustrated. Signatures, monograms and makers' marks are also reproduced.

Decorative Arts 1850-1950: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection

RUDOE,Judy

British Museum

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

The Lewis Chessmen were found on the Isle of Lewis in mysterious circumstances. Consisting of elaborately worked walrus ivory and whales teeth in the form of seated kings and queens, bishops, knights, warders and pawns, this curious chess set is strongly influenced by Norse culture. Of the 93 pieces known to us today, 11 pieces are in Edinburgh at the National Museum of Scotland, and 82 are in the British Museum, where they have delighted gen erations of visitors with their wonderfully expressive details. In this engaging story, Irving Finkel follows the many adventures of the chessmen after they came to light on a Scottish beach in the nineteenth century. It ends with the big surprise that befell them in September 1993, when they were all temporarily reunited for the first time since their separation, at a Sp ecial Exhibition of Chessmen at the British Museum.

The Lewis Chessmen, and What Happened to Them

Finkel, Irving

Hodgson, Clive

Macilleathain, Ruaraidh

Children's Books

The summer of 1939 saw one of the most exciting archaeological finds ever dug from British soil, an undisturbed Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge in Suffolk. The ship, nearly 30m long, had been dragged uphill from the estuary of the River Deben to a royal gravefield and buried beneath a large circular mound. Amidships, in a textile-hung chamber, a sumptous burial was laid out unique in its glittering wealth of jewellery and unrivalled in the variety of objects that had been selected to represent every facet of the dead man's life. Gold and garnet jewellery, silver from the eastern Mediterranean, drinking vessels with silver gilt fittings, a magnificent helmet and parade shield, a lyre and sceptre were amongst the spectacular finds excavated in two hectic weeks just before the outbreak of World War II. Although no remains of a body survived and no personal possessions were found, the gold and garnet regalia alone implied that the burial was that of a king. But his identity remained elusive until research resulted in a date of 625/30 for the latest of a collection of small gold coins found in the ship, suggest that it may have been the grave of Raedwald, king of East Anglia, who died in 624/5. In this new edition of the survey first published in 1986, the excavation of the ship and its contents are described and illustrated and the results of many years' research at the British Museum are summarised. It also brings the story right up-to-date and includes illustrations of the most recent excavations.

The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial

History

Evans, Angela Care

Europe

Westminster Hall and the Medieval Kings

Riding, Jacqueline

Hay, Malcolm

Fir-Taileisg Leodhais: Agus Na Thachair Dhaibh (Scots Gaelic Edition)

Irving Finkel

Clive Hodgson

Ruaraidh MacIlleathain

A great hoard of 12th-century chesspieces was discovered in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, in circumstances which have never been fully explained. Carved from walrus tusks, the Lewis chessmen have been described as "the greatest chessmen of the European Middle Ages". This illustrated account of the chesspieces is accompanied by a review of the place of the chessmen within the history of the ancient game of chess and of Romanesque art and its medieval context. Specially commissioned line drawings illustrate the intricate detail of the decorative carving and shield patterns of the pieces.

The Lewis Chessmen: The Enigma of the Hoard

Humor & Entertainment

Stratford, Neil

Puzzles & Games

From their discovery on a desolate beach in 1831, the ivory chessman from the Isle of Lewis have exercised a particular fascination. This text describes the turbulent lives of the chess pieces from their own point of view. A 60-minute reading of the book is included, with a chessman character.

The Lewis Chessmen: What Happened to Them

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