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Treasures of Silver at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Oliver Rackham author John Cleaver illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:5th Dec '02

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An account of the silver and silver-mounted artefacts belonging to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

This is an account of the unique assemblage of silver and silver-mounted artefacts belonging to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, some of them dating back to the College's foundation in 1352. The book deals with their construction, acquisition, how they have been used, and how they illuminate the College's character.This is an account of the unique assemblage of silver and silver-mounted artefacts belonging to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, some of them dating back to the College's foundation 650 years ago. They include extraordinary objects such as a thirteenth-century drinking vessel made of the horn of an extinct animal, as well as the everyday tools and utensils of past centuries. Although some of them are well known to art historians, they have never been published in detail. The objects are especially significant for being documented in the College's archives from the fourteenth century onwards. The book investigates the objects' construction, how the College came by them, their original meaning and context, how they came to survive the depredations of the Civil War, what happened to those that do not survive, evidence of wear and repair, and what they were (and still are) used for.

ISBN: 9780521818803

Dimensions: 254mm x 198mm x 28mm

Weight: 1102g

320 pages