| Description |
1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Archaeopress Roman Sites Ser |
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Archaeopress Roman Sites Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Figure 1: The author, photographed in the office at Wroxeter by Graham Webster's wife, Diana Bonakis Webster, in 1987 at the start of the writing up process. -- Figure 2: A visit by Eaton Constantine school to Wroxeter in July 1959. The custodian, Alf Crow, is explaining the site. For most of these children, this may well have been their first, and last, experience of the site. Image © Shropshire Archives (SA) 31 |
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Figure 3: Wroxeter and its landscape viewed by air from the north. The arc of the northern rampart is apparent, as are the consolidated ruins at the centre of the site. The village is centre right. The River Severn is prominent, and the now demolished pin -- Figure 4: Thomas Wright in a studio portrait by Ernest Edwards of Baker Street, London, 1866. -- Figure 5: Illustrated London News engraving of the excavations in April 1859 -- the original would have been monochrome. Author's photo, 2019 |
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Figure 6: Donald Atkinson, by L. Haffer, 1946. Courtesy of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies. Photo by the author, October 2021. -- Figure 7: The western part of the Forum Inscription as first uncovered, shattered on the street below the entrance. After Atkinson 1942, pl.44B. -- Figure 8: The Wroxeter Forum Inscription, as displayed at Rowley's House, Shrewsbury in the 1990s following its restoration. The paler areas are plaster -- about 75% of the original inscription survives -- but the restored letters can be confidently provide |
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Figure 9: Details of some of the letters in the inscription showing original tooling marks and stylistic details. Author's photos, August 2020. -- Figure 10: David Kyndersley's and Lida Lopez Cardoza's artistic response to the Wroxeter Inscription. Author's photo 2013. -- Figure 11: Eric Gill's Golden Cockerel font, 1929, based on the lettering in Wroxeter's forum inscription. Image courtesy of Mike Ashworth. -- Figure 12: Graham Webster, in around 1948 when he was appointed as Curator at the Grosvenor Museum, Chester. Photo courtesy of Diana Bonakis Webster |
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Figure 13: Mike Corbishley (l) and Phil Barker (r) celebrating the end of the baths basilica excavation in August 1985. Author's photo. -- Figure 14: The baths basilica excavation July 1971 -- ploughsoil is being removed by a trowelling line of diggers to reveal the underlying surface. Note that the fields beyond the site are still under cultivation. Photo by Phil Barker. -- Figure 15: The Wrekin from near Cressage in a watercolour by Tom Prytherch, 1902. Image © Raby Estates 2020 |
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Figure 16: A map of the post-Roman kingdoms of England and Wales in the seventh -- ninth century. Not all of these polities were extant at the same time. After Hill 1981, fig. 41 and Ray & Bapty 2016, fig. 1.1. Drawing by Sophie Lamb |
| Summary |
This book reflects on how people over time have viewed the abandoned Roman city of Wroxeter in Shropshire. It responds to three main artistic outputs: poetry, images and texts. It explores what locals and visitors thought of the site over time, and considers how access to the site has altered, impacting on who visits and what is understood |
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Rome |
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History |
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Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Classical antiquities.
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classical archaeology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781803272504 |
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1803272503 |
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