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The Inspiration for this book is to be found on an exquisite slab of Welsh slate above the presbytery steps and in front of the high altar of the abbey church of St Albans. It commemorates the abbots of St Albans, the very men who had presided over the most glorious period of book production at St Albans and who were vitally concerned with letter forms and the durability of the written word. This book explains how the abbots came to be reinterred under the slate and how the slate was designed and cut by David Kindersley and Lida Lopes Cardozo. This book celebrates the abbots' achievement, the slate, and the tradition they both embody.
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Lasting Letters: an Inscription for the Abbots of St Albans
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Lasting Letters : An Inscription for the Abbots of St. Albans
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Cardozo Kindersley, 1992
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ISBN 13: 9781874426035
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LASTING LETTERS
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Cardozo Kindersley Editions, Cambridge, 1992
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Paperback. 1st Edition. 96p. A softcover book in near-fine condition, having only slightly crinkled corners, and being otherwise clean and tight. Cardozo Kindersley Editions Number Eight. An account of the making of the carved slate that lies over the grave of the Anglican abbots of St. Albans Abbey (now an English cathedral). Illustrated with many black and white photographs. Seller Inventory # 141922
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Lasting Letters. An Inscription for the Abbots of St Albans.
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ISBN 10: 1874426031
ISBN 13: 9781874426035
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 96p white card cover, tall format, illustrated throughout, clean copy fresh and tight Language: English Weight (g): 250. Seller Inventory # 217525
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Lasting Letters: An Inscription for the Abbots of St.Albans [Paperback] McKitterick, Rosamond and Cardozo, Lida Lopes
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Condition: Good. The top right corner of the cover is a little worn. Content clean, a decent but used copy. Seller Inventory # 015769-3