Historic floors : their history and conservation /
Fawcett, Jane.
Oxford ; Boston, Mass. : Butterworth-Heinemann,
1998.
"Published in association with ICOMOS UK (International Council on Monuments and Sites) with the generous assistance of the Manifold Trust and Historic Scotland".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
Cathedrals, churches and chapels : tile, mosaic, Cosmati, marble and stone pavements, ledger stones and monumental brasses / Jane Fawcett -- The archaeology of church and cathedral floors / Warwick Rodwell -- The two great marble pavements in the sanctuary and shrine areas of Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey / Tim Tatton-Brown -- Archaeological reseach : Canterbury Cathedral nave floor / Kevin Blockley -- Ledger stones : documentary sources : York minster / Bernard Barr -- York minster ledger stones : conservation options / Charles Brown -- The surveyor's approach to recording floors / Ross W.A. Dallas -- Photographic recording of floor surfaces and components / Robert Skingle -- The retrieval of damaged inscriptions through remote sensing techniques / Christopher J. Brooke -- The preservation of the records of historic floors / Mark Dorrington -- Records and computerization / Diana Hale -- Winchester Cathedral : conserving the retrochoir pavement / Peter Bird -- Use and abuse : management and good practice in cathedrals and greater churches / Jane Fawcett -- Palaces, public buildings, houses and villas : tile, mosaic, stone and marble floors, parquetry, carpets and painted floors ; The conservation of the excavated floor / Daryl Fowler -- Seventeenth-century and later floors at Ham House / Christopher Rowell -- Historic floors at risk : Uppark, a case study / Iain McLaren -- Encaustic pavements : conservation, protection and replacement issues : the Palace of Westminster / A.T. Jardine -- Historic floors at risk : St. George's Hall, Liverpool / Donald Insall -- The open house : the management of visitors / Christopher Hanson-Smith -- Appendix : cathedral floor studies : indentification of areas at risk and location of historic features / Jane Fawcett.
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