A Mediaeval Statue of the Virgin and Child

Abstract

A minor mystery can be as intriguing as a major one, especially when there are just enough clues to suggest a solution, but not enough to make the solution a sure or an obvious one. A mediaeval statue of the Virgin and Child in the Blumenthal bequest offers a mystery of this sort. On stylistic grounds the statue can at once be called a French work of the fourteenth century. As nothing is known of its origin, the hunt for clues really

In the Steps of William the Conqueror: Neutron Activation Analysis of Caen Stone*

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