Archaeological Journal/Volume 2/Recent Archaeological Publications (Part 2)

 

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LIST OF RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS.

The Architectural History of Canterbury Cathedral. By the Rev. R. Willis, M.A., F.R.S., &c., Jacksonian Professor in the University of Cambridge. 8vo. price 10s. 6d. Illustrated by 52 Woodcuts from original drawings.

Extract from the Preface.—"The Translation of Gervase, which it is the principal object of the following history to illustrate, was read by me with a few necessary omissions at the evening meeting of the Architectural Section of the British Archæological Association on the 11th of September, 1844. . . . . . . The work may therefore be considered as forming part of the Transactions of the Association, although it is obviously too bulky and independent for insertion in the Journal, which is the recognised organ of that body."

A Memoir of the Church and Abbey at Dorchester, Oxfordshire. By the Rev. Henry Addington, B.A. Published by the Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture. 8vo. illustrated by numerous Woodcuts, 10s. 6d.

The Profits will he given in aid of the fund for the Restoration of the Church.

History of England under the Anglo-Saxon Kings, translated from the German of Lappenburg, by B. Thorpe. 2 vols. 8vo. 21s.

The Architecture of York Cathedral, arranged Chronologically, shewing all the different Styles of Architecture in that Edifice, with Examples of each. Drawn, and executed in Lithography, by F. Bedford. On a sheet, imp. folio. 5s.

A Description of the Chapel of the Annunziata dell' Arena, or Giotto's Chapel, in Padua. By Lady Calcott, with twelve illstrations. Privately printed for the Author in 1835, and now published. London, imperial 4to.

Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo- Norman Invasion; comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, which obtained the gold medal and prize of the Royal Irish Academy, by G. Petrie. Vol. 1, 4to. pp. 540. Numerous illustrations. £2. 12s. 6d. cloth.

An Index to such Books, printed before the year 1500, as are now in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth. Published by permission of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, by the Rev. S. R. Maitland. 8vo. pp. 132. 4s. 6d. cloth.

The Mabinogion, Part VI., containing the following tales, Branwen, the Daughter of Llyr; Mauawyddan, the Son of Llyr; and Math, the Son of Mathonwy. With an English translation and notes. By Lady Charlotte Guest.

A Manual of Gothic Mouldings; a Practical Treatise on their Formations, gradual Development, Combinations, and Varieties: with full directions for copying them, and for determining their dates. Illustrated by 500 examples. By F. A. Paley, A.M., Honorary Secretary to the Cambridge Camden Society. 8vo.

The Holy City; or, Historical and Topographical Notices of Jerusalem; with some account of its Antiquities and its present Condition. By the Rev. G. Williams, M.A. 8vo. pp. 528, with numerous illustrations from sketches by the Rev. F. W. Witts. 18s. cloth.

Illustrations of the Rock-cut Temples of India. By James Fergusson, Esq. With tinted Lithographic plates. Imp. fol.

Chronologie der Deutsch-mittelalterlichen Baukunst in Geometrischen Zeichnungen mit kurzer Erlauterung. Vou George G. Kallenbach. 1 Abth. 24 Blätter, Munich, 1844, folio, 1 guinea. This work comprises a series of Architectural examples from the eighth to the sixteenth century, illustrated by sections, ground-plans, and representations of details. Twenty-four plates are given in this first portion.

The Antiquities and History of Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, compiled by William Wing: together with a short description of Souldern, Oxfordshire, and of Sepulchral Remains found there. By Sir Henry Dryden, Bart. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

An Introduction to the study of Ecclesiastical Architecture and Antiquities, with many illustrations. By F. A. Paley, A.M., Hon. Secr. to the Cambridge Camden Society.

Examples of English Church Architecture, selected, classified, and chronologically arranged by the Rev. Charles Boutell, M.A., Curate of Sandridge, Herts. Arranged in the form of a Chart; size, 42in. by 22 in.

Delineations of Roman Antiquities found at Caerleon (the ancient Isca Silurum) and the Neighbourhood. By John Edward Lee. This work will contain twenty-seven plates of unpublished Roman Antiquities, viz. Samian Ware, and other pottery. Impresses, Legionary Stamps, Glass Ossorium, Fibulæ, Rings, Brass and Bronze Ornaments, Sculptures, and Inscriptions: together with brief notices of Caerleon and the neighbourhood; Descriptions of the Plates, and an Appendix, giving the Inscriptions already published. Also a Catalogue of Coins, arranged by the Rev. C. W. King, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. The figures of enamelled ornaments will be coloured. Only a limited number of copies will be printed. Imperial 4to.

Antiquitates Tinemuthenses, an illuminated Chronicle of the Monastery of St. Oswin, at Tynemouth, Northumberland, comprising the Life of the Patron Saint, and a general History of the Convent, with Lives of the Priors, descriptive notices of the ruins, and a collection of documents relating to the Monastery. By William Sidney Gibson, Esq., F.S.A. 2 vols. large quarto. Price not to exceed six guineas.

The Antiquities and Topography of the County of Devon, illustrated by one hundred engravings, and fifty vignettes. By Frederick Wilton L. Stockdale. 2 vols. imp. 8vo. Price to Subscribers, four guineas.

Architectural Views and Details of Netley Abbey, with brief historical notices, and description of late discoveries. By George Guillaume. Architect. 1 vol., with 12 plates. Price to Subscribers, one guinea. Subscribers' names received by the Author, Southampton.

Illustrations of the Ancient Stone and Leaden Coffins, and Encaustic Tiles discovered during the recent repairs of the Temple Church; consisting of lithographic drawings, a plan which exhibits the position in which the coffins were discovered, and accompanied by descriptive letter-press, in which many circumstances of interest connected with the Antiquities of the Temple Church are detailed. By Edward Richardson, Esq., Sculptor, author of The Monumental Effigies of the Temple Church, a work to which these Illustrations form a valuable supplement. Subscribers' names to be sent to the Author, 6, Hales-place, South Lambeth.

The Taxation of the Dioceses of Down and Connor, and Dromore, made about the year 1292; edited from an attested copy of the original, and furnished with copious notes, by the Rev. W. Reeves, M.B. In one volume, price to Subscribers, 10s.

Some Account of the Territory or Dominion of Farney, within the Province and Earldom of Ulster, by E. P. Shirley, Esq., M.A., M.P. 1 vol. 4to.