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The coronation chair and stone of Scone : history, archaeology and conservation /
Constructed in 1297-1300 for King Edward I, the Coronation Chair ranks amongst the most remarkable and precious treasures to have survived from the Middle Ages. It incorporated in its seat a block of sandstone, which the king seized at Scone, following his victory over the Scots in 1296. This volume...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Oakville, CT : [London] :
Oxbow Books ; The Dean and Chapter of Westminster,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Westminster Abbey occasional papers ;
ser. 3, no. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Historiography of the Chair and the Stone; Prologue; Antiquarian interest, c'. 1560-1850; Scholarly study, 1850-2012; 2 St Edward's Chair and the Stone of Scone in medieval history; Early accounts and images of the Chair; The status of the Chair; The Stone: a mountain of myths; 3 From Scone to Westminster: starting with a stone; Geological and archaeological evidence; The Stone at Scone: its form and appearance
- Relocation: from Scone Abbey to Westminster AbbeyThe Stone reshaped; 4 King Edward I commissions a chair, 1297; The bronze chair, its manufacture and rejection; The replacement timber chair; Where did St Edward's Chair stand?; The weight of the Chair; 5 Design and construction of St Edward's Chair: A detailed study; The structural frame; The back and side panels; The front of the stone compartment; The seat: a conundrum; Additional embellishments; Sequence of assembly; The missing plinth: a suggested reconstruction; Summary and interpretation
- 6 The polychromy of the Coronation Chair: a detailed study by Marie Louise SauerbergIntroduction; Preparatory layers; The gilded decoration; Glass-covered decoration; The Stone compartment; Multiple thrones and polychromies; 7 The Stone seat; Housing the Stone: the evidence from the Coronation Chair; Housing the Stone: its own intrinsic evidence; Interventions with the Stone: establishing their sequence, purpose and date; The iron attachments; Logistics: moving the Chair around the Abbey; Authenticity of the Stone of Scone
- 8 The Coronation Chair from the later Middle Ages to the seventeenth centuryPre-Reformation crosses on the Chair; Undated modifcations to the Chair and Stone: early sixteenth century?; The Dissolution and its implications for the Chair; The impact of antiquarianism and tourism in the later sixteenth century; Installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector, 1657; Coronations of Kings Charles II, 1661, and James II, 1685; 9 A companion Chair for Queen Mary II, 1689; Documentation and previous study; Historic images of the Chair; Details of construction; Graffti and other mutilations
- The chair: an assessment10 Vicissitudes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Refurbishment for King George II's coronation, 1727; Coronation of King George III, 1761; Coronation of King George IV, 1821; Coronation of King William IV, 1831; Coronation of Queen Victoria, 1838; An Irish plot to steal the Stone, 1884; The Chair overpainted, 1887; Graffiti and the abuse of the Chairs; Damage inflicted on the Stone; 11 Ceremonies and incidents of the twentieth century involving the Coronation Chair; Coronation of King Edward VII, 1902; The Suffragettes' bomb, 1914