The Thornham Parva Retable (Painting and Practice) - Hardcover

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The Thornham Parva Retable is Britain's largest and most complete medieval altarpiece. It was found in a found in a loft above a stable at Thornham Hall in Suffolk in 1927, and soon afterwards it was installed in the small thatched church of St. Mary, Thornham Parva. From 1994 to 2003 the Thornham Parva Retable was transported to the Hamilton Kerr Institute for examination and conservation. This book is an account of that process.
The information discovered during the treatment of the Retable is placed in context by a series of articles on subjects including medieval painting techniques, comparisons with other surviving medieval paintings in East Anglia and Norway, woodworking techniques, and the use of tin-relief decoration which is a prominent feature of the Retable. The influence of the environment in the church upon the condition of the Retable is discussed and the design of a climate-controlled enclosure.

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