Table of Contents

Problem and context - the Round Table in literature and legend, the Round Table as furniture, the setting of the Round Table - Winchester Castle and the Great Hall; the table - carpentry, condition, and sequence, tree-ring dating the Round Table, radiocarbon dating the Round Table; the painting - investigating the painting, inscriptions in the painting, iconography of the painting; solutions and meanings - the making of the Round Table, the hanging of the Round Table, the painting of the Round Table; the symbol. Appendix: Traveller to the Round Table, 1539-1900.

Reviews

Magnificent book... a window on a lost visual world. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEWChunky, handsome, and splendidly illustrated. ANTIQUITYA fascinating and complex account... Assembles in one place everything one could want to know about the Winchester Round Table, and of special interest to those pursuing (Tudor) political appropriations of Arthuriana. ARTHURIANA Will tell almost anybody everything they could want to know about England's most fascinating piece of medieval furniture... An important book and a very enjoyable read. MEDIUM AEVUMA work of exceptional scholarship that will engross both the expert and the common reader. ALBION