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M. Q. Smith.
The Sculptures of the South Porch of Malmesbury Abbey.

Published Friends of Malmesbury Abbey, 1975.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback booklet, centre stapled.
Printer: Taylor & Sons, Minety.
Size: 140x216x3mm.
Page count: text 28pp; plates 4pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear on the edges with the corners starting to fray; staples rusted; text appears to be free of marking.


This item £5.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 63g.

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Contents: Architecture of the church; West front; South porch; The majesty; Apostles & angels; Outer archway; Virtues & vices; Malmesbury manuscripts; Biblical cycle; Some opinions; descricptions of carvings on the south porch.
Appendix: Key to the sculptures of the great arch.

Illustrations: 2 text figures & 4 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: no


See also | Sculpture & carving | Wiltshire (local history) |

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