Treasures of Silver at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521818803)

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.

Author: Oliver Rackham
ISBN-10: 052181880X
ISBN-13: 9780521818803
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2002
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.50w x 0.90d