This is the first comprehensive catalogue of the sculpture from this region of Roman Britain. The sculptures were carved locally, and provide an index of Romanisation in the far north-west of the Roman Empire--in particular at Devra (Chester), Viroconium (Wroxeter), and at Letcetum (Wall, Staffs). The works range in quality from highly accomplished and decorative altars and tombstones, to rather ham-fisted efforts which hint that it was not always possible to attract sculptors to these relatively remote places. Such ...
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This is the first comprehensive catalogue of the sculpture from this region of Roman Britain. The sculptures were carved locally, and provide an index of Romanisation in the far north-west of the Roman Empire--in particular at Devra (Chester), Viroconium (Wroxeter), and at Letcetum (Wall, Staffs). The works range in quality from highly accomplished and decorative altars and tombstones, to rather ham-fisted efforts which hint that it was not always possible to attract sculptors to these relatively remote places. Such factors are discussed in an extended introduction.
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Very Good in Hard Cover jacket. AX1-A hardcover in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has less than half inch tear on the front top right corner, wrinkling and chipping on some edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has light tanning and shelf wear. Corpus Signorum Iperii Romani Corpus of Sculpture of the Roman World Great Britain, Volume I, Fascule 9. With contributions by Graham Webster and Thomas Blagg. Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press. 11.25"x8.75", 66 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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