Title The coronation chair and stone of Scone : history, archaeology and conservation / by Warwick Rodwell ; with sections by Marie Louise Sauerberg ; and contributions by Ptolemy Dean and Eddie Smith ; foreword by the Dean of Westminster

Published Oxford ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books ; [London] : The Dean and Chapter of Westminster, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource Series Westminster Abbey occasional papers ; ser. 3, no. 2 Westminster Abbey occasional papers ; ser. 3, no. 2. Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Historiography of the Chair and the Stone; Prologue; Antiquarian interest, c'. 1560-1850; Scholarly study, 1850-2012; 2 St Edward's Chair and the Stone of Scone in medieval history; Early accounts and images of the Chair; The status of the Chair; The Stone: a mountain of myths; 3 From Scone to Westminster: starting with a stone; Geological and archaeological evidence; The Stone at Scone: its form and appearance Relocation: from Scone Abbey to Westminster AbbeyThe Stone reshaped; 4 King Edward I commissions a chair, 1297; The bronze chair, its manufacture and rejection; The replacement timber chair; Where did St Edward's Chair stand?; The weight of the Chair; 5 Design and construction of St Edward's Chair: A detailed study; The structural frame; The back and side panels; The front of the stone compartment; The seat: a conundrum; Additional embellishments; Sequence of assembly; The missing plinth: a suggested reconstruction; Summary and interpretation 6 The polychromy of the Coronation Chair: a detailed study by Marie Louise SauerbergIntroduction; Preparatory layers; The gilded decoration; Glass-covered decoration; The Stone compartment; Multiple thrones and polychromies; 7 The Stone seat; Housing the Stone: the evidence from the Coronation Chair; Housing the Stone: its own intrinsic evidence; Interventions with the Stone: establishing their sequence, purpose and date; The iron attachments; Logistics: moving the Chair around the Abbey; Authenticity of the Stone of Scone 8 The Coronation Chair from the later Middle Ages to the seventeenth centuryPre-Reformation crosses on the Chair; Undated modifcations to the Chair and Stone: early sixteenth century?; The Dissolution and its implications for the Chair; The impact of antiquarianism and tourism in the later sixteenth century; Installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector, 1657; Coronations of Kings Charles II, 1661, and James II, 1685; 9 A companion Chair for Queen Mary II, 1689; Documentation and previous study; Historic images of the Chair; Details of construction; Graffti and other mutilations The chair: an assessment10 Vicissitudes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Refurbishment for King George II's coronation, 1727; Coronation of King George III, 1761; Coronation of King George IV, 1821; Coronation of King William IV, 1831; Coronation of Queen Victoria, 1838; An Irish plot to steal the Stone, 1884; The Chair overpainted, 1887; Graffiti and the abuse of the Chairs; Damage inflicted on the Stone; 11 Ceremonies and incidents of the twentieth century involving the Coronation Chair; Coronation of King Edward VII, 1902; The Suffragettes' bomb, 1914 Summary Constructed in 1297-1300 for King Edward I, the Coronation Chair ranks amongst the most remarkable and precious treasures to have survived from the Middle Ages. It incorporated in its seat a block of sandstone, which the king seized at Scone, following his victory over the Scots in 1296. This volume assembles the complementary evidence derived from history, archaeology, and conservation, and presents a factual account of the Coronation Chair and the Stone of Scone, not as separate artefacts, but as the entity that they have been for seven centuries Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-296) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Eduard I. England, König 1239-1307 gnd Subject Westminster Abbey -- History SUBJECT Westminster Abbey fast Subject Coronation Chair. Stone of Scone. Coronations -- Great Britain -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. HISTORY -- Medieval. Coronation Chair Coronations Stone of Scone Thron Stone of Scone Kröningar -- historia. Stolar -- historia. Great Britain Westminster Abbey. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2013008383 ISBN 9781782971535 178297153X 9781782971559 1782971556

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