The Westminster retable : history, technique, conservation / edited by Paul Binski and Ann Massing ; with the assistance of Marie Louise Sauerberg.

Title: 
The Westminster retable : history, technique, conservation / edited by Paul Binski and Ann Massing ; with the assistance of Marie Louise Sauerberg.

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Publisher: 
Cambridge : Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge ; London : Harvey Miller, 2009.
Description: 
464 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Other Authors: 
Binski, Paul.
Massing, Ann.
Sauerberg, Marie Louise.
Hamilton Kerr Institute.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Westminster Abbey.
Westminster retable (Art)
Altarpieces, Gothic England London.
Panel painting, Gothic England London.
Panel painting, English England London 13th century.
Altarpieces Conservation and restoration England Cambridge.
Panel painting Conservation and restoration England Cambridge.
Panel painting, English Expertising England Cambridge.
Bib ID: 
129081
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
ND1432.G7W47 2009z
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Notes: 
The Westminster Retable was conserved at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-449) and index.
Purchase; Alibris; 2012; 2000017849
Summary in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Contents: 
Introduction to the Westminster retable --
The art-historical context --
The decorative context --
Post-manufacture history --
Historical treatments --
Materials and techniques --
Technical context --
Treatment --
Documentation.
Glass inlay in Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries / Régine Page --
Notes on enamel and other glass techniques in the second half of the thirteenth century / Neil Sanford --
The virtues of imitation: gems, cameos and glass imitations / Spike Bucklow --
Deliberate removals and patterns of loss in the glass-covered decorations of the Westminster Retable / Jo Dillon --
Glass elements on the Westminster Retable / Sandra Davison.
ISBN: 
9781905375288 (hbk.)
190537528X (hbk.)
Series: 
Painting and practice ; 2.
Painting and practice ; 2nd