'A Hole Worlde of Things Very Memorable'

Martin Henig lectured on Roman Art in the University of Oxford for many years, where he was latterly a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College. He is the author of many books and articles on Roman gems and on the art and culture of Roman Britain. Martin serves as an Anglican priest in the Diocese of Oxford.Nigel Ramsay is Honorary Senior Research Associate in the Department of History at University College London. He has written on medieval and Tudor legal history, religious history (especially monasticism), art history and heraldry.

• Preface by Martin Henig and Nigel Ramsay – Contributions by Hal Munby, Bea Munbu, Jane Woodcock, and Deirdre FordeJulian Munby’s PublicationsOXFORDThe Development of Oxford Dendrochronology – Daniel MilesThe Oxford Races and the Racecourses on Port Meadow – George LambrickOxford Preservation Trust takes the long view: J. M. W Turner and Michael Angelo Rooker – Debbie DanceEvacustes Phipson (1854-1931) and his watercolours of Oxford’s old houses – Malcolm GrahamARCHITECTURE AND TOPOGRAPHYThe Temple at Bath: Classical, Romano-Celtic or somewhere in between? – Anthony C. KingWinchester: a northern ‘boundary’ – Martin BiddleRustic dwellings in rugged protuberances: Two case studies in using buildings archaeology to understand rock-cut buildings – Edmund SimonsThe Legend of Box Tunnel – James MunbyART AND THE ANTIQUARYRediscovering Romanitas: Bronze statues, statuettes and figurines from Britannia, c. 1660 – 1900 – Martin HenigA medieval Limoges corpus of Christ from Christ Church, Oxford – Marian Campbell‘Rescued from oblivion…by the magic of art’: Making Pyne’s History of the Royal Residences – Kate HeardFrom Microcosm to Radiohead: A Schoolboy Publication by the Artist Oswald Jennings Couldrey while at Abingdon School – Lauren Gilmour Gale and Sarah WearneTHE WRITTEN WORDBefore there were Guidebooks: Tabulae in Medieval English Cathedrals and Greater Churches – Nigel RamsayThomas Baskerville on the Upper Thames: Verse and Prose by a Seventeenth-Century Maverick – John BlairThe Study of Palaeography in England: Thomas Astle – David Ganz

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