description: This study of the design, manufacture and use of medieval floor tiles shows the long-lasting influence achieved in the north of England, especially by the Cistercian monasteries. It serves to demonstrate how these monastic houses made use of the resources and contacts available to them. The study focuses on one of the richest medieval floor tile assemblages in the world, with material from 118 sites. Over 500 different designs and 60 mosaic arrangements have been identified. Jennie Stopford examines the monastic influence on northern England's manufacture and use of floor tiles. Split into three sections - Chronological Survey, The Tile Groups, and The Sites and Collections - this in-depth study covers an immense body of work. Contents a view of the world - plain mosaic floor tiles and the Cistercians, c.1230-1270; long distance supply and personalised designs, c.1350; standardisation - plain-glazed tiles; the plain tile mosaic group, c.1220-1270; inferior quality plain mosaic, later 13th century; the decorated mosaic tile group, c.1300; parallels to the decorated mosaic tile group, possibly c.1300; the Nottinghamshire tile group, c.1325-1365; fourteenth-century copies; the plain-glazed tile groups; small assemblages dating from the 14th or 15th centuries; the Transpennine tile group, later 15th century; the Huby/Percy tile group, c.1500.Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsSummary, Resume, ZusammenfassungSection 1: Chronological IntroductionA view of the world - plain mosaic floor tiles and the Cistercians, c.1220-1270Reorganisation of production and changes in design, c.1300Long distance supply and personalised designs, c.1350Standardisation - plain-glazed tilesRevival in decoration and home production, c.1450Floor tile usage in the late Middle AgesConclusionsSection 2: The tile Introduction to the tile groups and the recording methodologyThe plain mosaic tile group, c.1220-1270Inferior quality plain mosaic, later 13th centuryThe inlaid tile group, mid or later 13th centuryThe usefleet tile group, c.1300The decorated mosaic tile group, c.1300Parallels to the decorated mosaic tile group, possibly c.1300Line impressed mosaics from the north west, possibly earlier 14th centuryVarious mosaics at Holm Cultram Abbey, date unknownThe Nottinghamshire tile group, c.1325-1365Fourteenth-century copiesThe plain-glazed tile goupsSmall assemblages dating from the 14th or 15th centuriesThe Transpennine tile group, later 15th centuryThe Huby/Percy tile group, c.1500Small assemblages dating from the 15th/early 16th centuriesSmall undated asemblages and unallocated tilesSection 3: The sites and History of the sites and collectionsThe site gazetteerAppendix 1: The analysis of medieval mosaic and other floor tiles from Yorkshire by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry ( by M J Hughes )Appendix 2: Concordance of numbering seriesBibliographyIndex
language: English
title: Medieval Floor Tiles of Northern England: Pattern and purpose: production between the 13th and 16th centuries
titlecomplete: Medieval Floor Tiles of Northern England: Pattern and purpose: production between the 13th and 16th centuries
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publisher: Oxbow Books