| Description |
533 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
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Art language |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Round Table in literature and legend / John V. Fleming -- The Round Table as furniture / Simon Jervis -- The setting of the Round Table: Winchester castle and the great hall / Martin Biddle, Beatrice Clayre, Michael Morris -- Carpentry, condition, and sequence / Martin Biddle ... (et al.) -- Tree-ring dating the Round Talbe / A.C. Barefoot (with a contribution by David Haddon-Reece) -- Radiocarbon dating the Round Table / R.L. Otlet, A.J. Walker -- Investigation of the painting / Stephen Rees Jones -- Inscriptions in the painting / Sally Badham, Martin Biddle -- Iconography of the painting / Pamela Tudor-Craig -- The making of the Round Table / Martin Biddle -- The hanging of the Round Table / Martin Biddle -- The painting of the Round Table / Martin Biddle -- The county and the Round Table / Beatrice Clayre, Roger Davey -- Travellers to the Round Table / Clive Wainwright. |
| Summary |
"The vast wooden disk known as King Arthur's Round Table has hung on the wall of the Great Hall of Winchester Castle for over six hundred years. But what is it? Was it ever a table? When was it made? Why is it hanging on the wall? When was it painted with the famous image it bears? And why at Winchester?" "In 1976 the Round Table was taken down from the wall and thoroughly examined by a team of historians and scientists assembled by Martin Biddle. In this book they show how the history and structural archaeology of the Winchester Round Table reveal its changing use as a symbol of power to different generations."--Jacket. |
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Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307 -- Knowledge and learning -- History.
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Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307. |
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History. |
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Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377 -- Knowledge and learning -- History.
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Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377. |
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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Knowledge and learning -- History.
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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547. |
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Arthur, King -- Art.
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Arthur, King. |
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Winchester (England) -- Antiquities.
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King Arthur's Round Table.
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King Arthur's Round Table. |
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Arthurian romances -- Appreciation -- England.
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Arthurian romances -- Appreciation. |
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England. |
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Antiquities. |
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Art. |
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England -- Winchester. |
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Round Table. |
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Koning Arthur. |
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Geschichte. |
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Aufsatzsammlung. |
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Artusepik. |
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Englisch. |
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Winchester (England) -- Antiquities. |
| Genre/Form |
Art.
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History.
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Art.
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| Added Author |
Badham, Sally.
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| ISBN |
0851156266 (alkaline paper) |
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9780851156262 (alkaline paper) |
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