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Charlemagne's black stones: the re-use of Roman columns in early medieval Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

D. P. S. Peacock
D. P. S. Peacock*
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Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England. E-mail: dpp@soton.ac.uk
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What were the ‘black stones’ about which Charlemagne wrote to King Offa of Mercia just before AD 800? How do these special blocks fit into the broader pattern in re-using Roman columns in early medieval buildings?

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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 273 , September 1997 , pp. 709 - 715
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997 

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