Illuminated Manuscripts

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Library | nr. 841
• Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were... Lees meer

Chinoiserie

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Library
• A beautifully illustrated introduction to the seventeenth-to-nineteenth-century mania for all things Chinese, from blue-and-white china tea sets to en... Lees meer

Riddles in Stone

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels
• Who built Avebury and Stonehenge? Why and when were more than 600 stone circles, and thousands of barrows and cairns, erected in prehistoric Britain? ... Lees meer

The Tudor Reformation

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Library | nr. 818
• The Reformation transformed England forever. From peasants in the lanes and fields to the court of Henry VIII, no life was left untouched as the Roman... Lees meer

Ironbridge

Richard Hayman, Wendy Horton

• Paperback | Engels | History & Guide
• Part of the Tempus History & Guide series, this book offers an in-depth look at the British settlement of Ironbridge. Charting the rise and fall of th... Lees meer

Churches and Churchyards of England and Wales

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Library
• An engaging introduction to the workings of church buildings and churchyards, explaining the integral elements of a working church and how they have c... Lees meer

Church Misericords and Bench Ends

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Shire Library
• With the increasing disappearance of stained glass in medieval churches, the surviving wood carvings on church misericords and bench ends are extremel... Lees meer

Ironmaking

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels | Revealing History (Paperback)
• From the heady days at Coalbrookdale on the banks of the Severn to the decline of a once-mighty industry, Richard Hayman tells the story of iron and i... Lees meer

Yangzi River map the Three Gorges + Shanghai / Wuhan / Chongqing

• Gevouwen kaart | Engels
• Eerste uitgebreide kaart van de hele Yangzi-rivier. Lees meer

Wrought Iron

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Library
• Wrought iron has been used as a decorative element in architecture from the eleventh century to the twentieth. At first a device to strengthen and emb... Lees meer

Trees

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels
• Trees are special, being bigger than us both physically and metaphorically. Trees: Woodlands and Western Civilization is an account of our relationshi... Lees meer

Bridges

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Library
• A brief history of the design and construction of bridges in the UK from medieval times to the modern day, including famous and notable examples such ... Lees meer

The Green Man

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Library
• Green men are figures or heads that were carved in churches, abbeys and cathedrals from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Inspired by the illust... Lees meer

Rood Screens

Richard Hayman

• Paperback | Engels | Shire Library
• The rood screen was the visual focus of the medieval parish church, dividing the nave from the chancel. Most were built of wood and were adorned with ... Lees meer