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The art of death : visual culture in the English death ritual, c. 1500-c. 1800 / Nigel Llewellyn.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection N8217.D5 L57 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Llewellyn, Nigel, 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church of England--Customs and practices.
- Church of England.
- Death in art.
- Sepulchral monuments--England.
- Sepulchral monuments.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--England.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Mourning customs--England.
- Mourning customs.
- Physical Description:
- 160 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum by Reaktion Books, 1991.
- Notes:
- "This book takes its form from the exhibition "The art of death" held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, which it is intended to accompany and supplement"--p. 156.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-150) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Dornsife/VSA.
- ISBN:
- 0948462167 (pbk.) :
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