English alabaster carvings and their cultural contexts

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1. 'Burton-upon-Trent, not Nottingham' : the evolving study of medieval English alabaster sculpture / Nigel Ramsay -- 2. Stone to ensure victory and to generate friendships : on the meaning of alabaster / Aleksandra Lipińska -- 3. Contextualising English alabasters in the material culture of the medieval Mediterranean / Luca Palozzi -- 4. English alabaster images as recipients of music in the long fifteenth century : English sacred traditions in a European perspective / Philip Weller and Andrew Kirkman -- 5. Contextualising alabasters in their immersive environment : the 'ancona d'allabastro did diverse figure' of the Novalesa abbey : meaning and function / Zuleika Murat -- 6. Alabaster carvings in late-medieval Lincolnshire / Jennifer Alexander -- 7. 'Tabernacles, howsynges and other things' : three alabasters from the Burrell Collection in context / Claire Blakey, Rachel King and Michaela Zöschg -- 8. Conservation study of three alabaster carvings from the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums / Sophie Phillips with Stephanie de Roemer -- 9. 'Smooth as monumental alabaster' : the alabaster tomb industry in England 1550-1660 / Jon Bayliss -- 10. Merchants' tombs in alabaster / Kim Woods -- 11. Exploring Alice : the theological, socio-historical, and anatomical context of the de la Pole cadavar sculpture / Christina Welch.