Stone will answer : a journey guided by craft, myth and geology
Searle, Beatrice2024
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At the age of 26, Beatrice Searle crossed the North sea and walked 500 miles through Southern Norway on a medieval pilgrim path to Nidaros Cathedral, taking with her a 40-kilo stone from the West coast of Orkney. She had recently completed her masonry training at Lincoln Cathedral and become fascinated with the mysterious footprint stones of Scandinavia, Northern Europe and the ancient Greco-Roman world; stones closely associated with travellers, saints and the inauguration of Kings. Following in their footsteps, her stone becomes a talisman of sorts, a bedrock of home on the move, and an offering to those she meets along the way.
Main title:
Stone will answer : a journey guided by craft, myth and geology / Beatrice Searle.
Author:
Searle, Beatrice, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2024.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781529920499 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.4
LC class:
DL419.2
Local class:
910.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3654759
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