Excalibur: Essays on Antiquity and the History of Collecting in Honour of Arthur MacGregor (Paperback, New)

A collection of 16 papers to honour Arthur MacGregor and his work. Contents: David Berry: Vita Arthuri; The published writings of Arthur MacGregor; Lauren Gilmour: An Anglo-Saxon gold finger-ring from Abingdon, Oxfordshire; Assimina Kaniari: Wonder after modernity: 16th century visual sources, 20th century ethnographic collections and transition; Timothy Wilks: Plundered art for the collections of Charles I? The capture of Munich in May, 1632; Catherine Whistler: Collecting the overlooked: some baroque paintings from the collection of Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941); Malcolm Baker: Collections, sculpture and the changing fortunes of an eighteenth-century portrait bust: Julian Munby: A Rare Collection: Oxford museums past and present; Jon Whiteley: The Bodleian Picture Gallery; Claire Lyons: Beauvalet de Saint-Victor s Vases grecs et etrusques; Athena Tsingarida: The reception of the van Branteghem collection in Belgium; Kate Heard: His Royal Highness the Prints of Wales: George IV as a collector of prints; Lucilla Burn: Robert Pashley and the Pashley sarcophagus; Martin Henig and Penny Coombe: Roach Smith and the antiquities of London: the sculptures; Michele Benucci and Susanna Sarti: A private library in 19th century Rome: the sale of Giovanni Pietro Campana s library; Claudia Wagner: Fable and history: Prince Poniatowski s Neoclassical gem collection; Thomas Mannack: The Ancient World in the nursery: German tin figures of the 18th to 21st centuries; H.S. Torrens A forgotten provincial English museums initiative of the 1830s: The Midland counties Natural History Societies, their museums and libraries."

General

Imprint:	Bar Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	British Archaeological Reports International Series
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	Michael Vickers • Hildegard Wiegel
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4073-1130-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General
LSN:	1-4073-1130-1
Barcode:	9781407311302

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