King of the confessors
By: Thomas Hoving
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780671433888
Subjects: Romanesque Ivories; Kruisen; Cloisters (Museum); Christian art and symbolism; Beeldsnijkunst; Bury Saint Edmunds Cross; Ivoor
Description: The author, former director of the Metropolitan Museum, tells the story of the discovery and acquisition of a great treasure of medieval art -the Bury St. Edmunds Cross.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 353-354.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning ...; title: The waiting game; title: The game is joined; title: The quest commences; title: Fakes and treasures; title: "Faupic"; title: The cross; title: Sleight of hand; title: Harsh conditions; title: A certain vision; title: The singer and the song; title: Revelations; title: Out of focus; title: A game of chess; title: A litany of hatred; title: Confessions; title: Going, going ...; title: The stroke of midnight; title: Hugo the master; title: King of the confessors; title: Scholars, rivals and spies.