For centuries carved writings and artworks in churches lay largely unnoticed. So archaeologist Matthew Champion started
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Table of contents :
Cover
About the Book
About the Author
Title Page
A Note on Geography
Foreword
1. In the beginning
2. Researching graffiti
3. Dating graffiti
4. Protecting the spirit: ritualistic graffiti
5. Compass-drawn designs
6. The demons on the wall: pentangles
7. Swastikas and the Virgin: witch marks
8. Crosses of faith
9. Magic on the walls: charms and curses
10. Voyages over stone: ship graffiti
11. Men of the stones: architectural inscriptions
12. The chivalric code: heraldic graffiti
13. Mason’s marks
14. Men of wealth and power: merchant’s marks
15. Of knights and dragons
16. The passing of the hours: Mass dials
17. Birds, fish, puffins and pilgrims
18. The music of faith
19. Death stalks the walls
20. The Reformation and beyond... a bit
21. Postscript
Glossary
Gazetteer: selected sites to visit
Picture Section
Index
Acknowledgements