A Group of Post-Medieval Pottery from Dover Castle

Abstract

An interesting group of post-medieval pottery datable to the second quarter of the 17th century was found during clearance of a garderobe shaft at Dover Castle in 1958. This group contains many imports, some of which are recorded for the first time in a stratified association with English fine and coarse wares. The imports came from France, Germany, Holland, Italy and the Mediterranean.     

日本古名城 熊本城

熊本城位于日本熊本县熊本市,是日本著名景点之一,与大坂城、姬路城合称为日本的三大古名城。1607年,丰臣秀吉的旗下大将——加藤清正为熊本城主,开始建造熊本城。加藤清正是日本战国末期数一数二的勇将,甚至在中国明朝的史书中有如此记载:倭人清正,强悍、严厉,实乃酋中名将也。事实上,在日本的筑城史上,清正流也是占了重要的一席的。清正的筑城才能,早在筑造大坂城时为丰臣秀吉所发现,当时只有二十四五岁的清     

Compton Castle

Abstract

One of the perennial problems in the study of medieval architectural sculpture is the lack of identifiable patrons. At the church of St Michael, Horwood (North Devon), however, the north aisle and chapel of c. 1400 can be firmly associated with the patronage of the Pollard family, in particular John Pollard and his wife Emma. This includes the north arcade of five bays with its four freestanding and two engaged columns, all of which bear carved capitals. It is likely that the building of this extension was intended to establish the Pollard family at Horwood as well as to commemorate the patrons. Thus the work carries a funereal/monumental air that is reflected in the choice of sculptural imagery which includes a skull, angels and hybrid monsters. This context provides new insight into the ways in which architectural images were perceived and used in the later Middle Ages, particularly with regards to the image of the mermaid.     

Castle Acre

This is the report of research excavations and salvage recording both inside and outside the standing Romanesque church. Evidence was seen of three pre-Conquest churches. The first was a ground standing timber building. The second was a Brixworth-type stone building. The third was a T-shaped church with a continuous transept and a tiny eastern apse. The evidence for these interpretations is presented. Documentary evidence is given and parallels are discussed. Additional information about the succeeding Romanesque church is presented. It had a rectangular crossing and tower, and evidence of a large added eastern chapel, reasoned to have been a new setting for the Holy Cross of Waltham, is discussed. Finds include floor tiles and stone. A burial close to the first church probably dates to the seventh century and suggests that Waltham was a minster church from the early years of the conversion. A herring-bone masonry wall is attributed to Harold.     

寻找睡美人城堡

<正>以睡美人城堡作为标题的确是个噱头,但也是事实,迪士尼曾亲口承认加利福尼亚迪士尼乐园里的睡美人城堡就是以塞哥维亚的阿尔卡萨尔城堡为原型设计的。不过在这座马德里附近的超级古城中,城堡仅仅是线路中诸多亮点的最后一站而已。如果说很多古城都含蓄委婉地展示它们的魅力,塞哥维亚一定不属于这样的地方,神话中大力神建造的这座城市最有魄力的景致就在城市的入口处。倒不是说这座城市只有一条路     

The Dover Boat—a Reconstruction Case-Study

The Bronze-Age Dover boat, reconstructed and published by Owain Roberts in 2004, is discussed in regard to the general considerations of reconstructing ancient boat structures in the previous paper. The archaeological evidence shows that the boat had a bottom shape different from that shown in the 2004 reconstruction, and various other aspects, such as the general shape and strength of the hull and the calculation of potential speed when paddled, are questioned, partly drawing on the author's experience with the reconstruction of the Hjortspring boat. A re-assessment of the evidence is called for before any attempts to build a full-scale version of the Dover boat for sea-trials.
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