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008			150430s2015 enk 000 0 eng d
020			_a9780091960414
020			_a009196041X
035			_a(OCoLC)908334939
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn908334939
040			_aERASA _beng _cERASA _dNLE _dNz
050		4	_aNA350
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100	1		_aChampion, Matthew.
245	1	0	_aMedieval graffiti. The lost voices of Britain's churches./ _cMatthew Champion.
260			_aLondon : _bEbury Press _c2015.
300			_a272 p.
520	8		_aFor centuries carved writings and artworks in churches lay largely unnoticed. So archaeologist Matthew Champion started a nationwide survey to gather the best examples. In this book he shines a spotlight on a secret world of ships, prayers for good fortune, satirical cartoons, charms, curses, windmills, word puzzles, architectural plans and heraldic designs. Drawing on examples from surviving medieval churches in England and Wales, the author gives a voice to the secret graffiti artists: from the lord of the manor and the parish priest to the people who built the church itself. Here are strange medieval beasts, knights battling unseen dragons, ships sailing across lime-washed oceans and demons who stalk the walls. Latin prayers for the dead jostle with medieval curses, builders' accounts and slanderous comments concerning a long-dead archdeacon. Strange and complex geometric designs, created to ward off the 'evil eye' and thwart the works of the devil, share church pillars with the heraldic shields of England's medieval nobility.
650		0	_aGraffiti _zGreat Britain _xHistory _yTo 1500.
650		0	_aChristian inscriptions _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aCivilization, Ancient.
942			_2ddc _cNONFIC
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