The Monastic Gatehouse and Other Types of Portal of Medieval Religious Houses

Morant, Roland W.

ISBN 10: 0863329942 / ISBN 13: 9780863329944

Published by Book Guild Publishing Ltd, Lewes, East Sussex, UK, 1995

About this Item

219 pages. Unclipped dustjacket has light surface-wear and small indentations only. Clean blue hardback binding has light wear to boards' corners. Pages clean and tidy.

Seller Inventory # 072643

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Monastic Gatehouse and Other Types of Portal of Medieval Religious Houses
• Publisher: Book Guild Publishing Ltd, Lewes, East Sussex, UK
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863329942
• ISBN 13: 9780863329944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

A gazetteer of all surviving monastic gatehouses in Britain, including fragmentary remains. Morant also discusses the architectural components of the gatehouse and investigates their position, structure and function.

Synopsis

This new edition updates the data provided in the original one, with an expanded treatment of the subject matter, the use of additional illustrations, and an identification of some more portals. Supplies updated information on all the surviving pre-Dissolution monastic gatehouses of Great Britain, presented analytically and comprehensively. New and expanded version.