Anglo-Saxon Crucifixion Iconography and the Art of the Monastic Revival

This book provides a major study of the drawings paintings and carvings of the crucifixion from tenth- and eleventh-century England placing these works of art within the context of the tenth-century monastic revival. The drawings and paintings of the crucifixion are discussed in relation to the literature theology liturgy and devotional practices of the late Anglo-Saxon period.