King Arthur's Round Table : an archaeological investigation / Martin Biddle, with Sally Badham [and others]

Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2000. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of John Ashby. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 533 pp., 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The Round Table in literature and legend / John V. Fleming -- The Round Table as furniture / Simon Jervis -- The setting of the Round Table: Winchester castle and the great hall / Martin Biddle, Beatrice Clayre, Michael Morris -- Carpentry, condition, and sequence / Martin Biddle ... (et al.) -- Tree-ring dating the Round Talbe / A.C. Barefoot (with a contribution by David Haddon-Reece) -- Radiocarbon dating the Round Table / R.L. Otlet, A.J. Walker -- Investigation of the painting / Stephen Rees Jones -- Inscriptions in the painting / Sally Badham, Martin Biddle -- Iconography of the painting / Pamela Tudor-Craig -- The making of the Round Table / Martin Biddle -- The hanging of the Round Table / Martin Biddle -- The painting of the Round Table / Martin Biddle -- The county and the Round Table / Beatrice Clayre, Roger Davey -- Travellers to the Round Table / Clive Wainwright. Subject; Edward I, King of England 1239-1307 Knowledge History. Edward III, King of England 1312-1377. Henry VIII, King of England 1491-1547. Arthur King. Arthurian romances Appreciation. Arthurian romances Appreciation England. Winchester (England) Antiquities. Interpretation of cultural and natural resources.