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Speculum 47
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Speculum 47
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Speculum
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47
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1972
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Date Of Issue From: 1972
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BIAB (British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
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05 Dec 2008
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Realistic observation in 12th century England
Antonia Gransden
29 - 51
A detailed examination of the ability of 12th century writers to observe and describe topographical details, small objects and creatures of the natural world suggests that although some writers were hidebound by monastic and classical conventions, others were inspired by them to careful observation and intellectual argument. Among these are writers like William of Malmesbury, Eadmer, Gervase, Fitz Stephen (topography of London); and there is also a 12th century survey of the water system of Christ Church, Canterbury.
Saul, Paul and the silver spoons from Sutton Hoo
David Sherlock
91 - 95
The interpretation of the spoons as baptismal presents is upheld against Kaske (see 68/239). It seems likely that Saul the Jew had acquired the name Paulus at birth among his tria nomina as a Roman citizen, but only began to use it on starting his missionary trips around the Empire. The legend that the Saul-to-Paul change was made at his conversion grew up relatively late, but became well entrenched in the Early Christian church. The Sutton Hoo spoons would have formed particularly appropriate christening presents. King Redwald's dates fit current theories on the burial, and his career and character have many similarities with Paul's. See also 72/1675, 1738.
The geometrical knowledge of medieval master masons
Lon R Shelby
395 - 421
Villard de Honnecourt's sketchbook (and its glosses) and the later German masons' guides are contrasted with the formal geometrical treatises to suggest that a mason's geometry was strictly practical. Orally handed down, it enabled him to manipulate forms by following a set of rules whose mathematical basis he did not need to understand. D F R