Paul Williamson was until January 2016 Keeper of the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he worked for thirty-seven years. He has written and lectured extensively on medieval sculpture and ivory carvings. His many books include volume 1 of the Wyvern Collection catalogues, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork; Gothic Sculpture 1140–1300; Netherlandish Sculpture; and Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200–1550.

'There could be few more qualified guides to an important private collection of medieval art than Paul Williamson' - Apollo

• Foreword • Introduction • I. Late Antique and Byzantine (cat. 1–8) • II. Romanesque and Early Gothic 1050-1200 (cat. 9–44) • III. Europe in the 13th Century (cat. 45–68) • IV. Europe in the 14th Century (cat. 69–92) • V. Europe in the First Half of the 15th Century (cat. 93–126) • VI. Europe in the Second Half of the 15th Century (cat. 127–164) • VII. Europe in the First Half of the 16th Century (cat. 165–179) • VIII. Post-Medieval (cat. 180–187)

Paul Williamson was until January 2016 Keeper of the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he worked for thirty-seven years. He has written and lectured extensively on medieval sculpture and ivory carvings. His many books include volume 1 of the Wyvern Collection catalogues, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork; Gothic Sculpture 1140–1300; Netherlandish Sculpture; and Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200–1550.

'There could be few more qualified guides to an important private collection of medieval art than Paul Williamson' - Apollo

• Foreword • Introduction • I. Late Antique and Byzantine (cat. 1–8) • II. Romanesque and Early Gothic 1050-1200 (cat. 9–44) • III. Europe in the 13th Century (cat. 45–68) • IV. Europe in the 14th Century (cat. 69–92) • V. Europe in the First Half of the 15th Century (cat. 93–126) • VI. Europe in the Second Half of the 15th Century (cat. 127–164) • VII. Europe in the First Half of the 16th Century (cat. 165–179) • VIII. Post-Medieval (cat. 180–187)

Paul Williamson was until January 2016 Keeper of the Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he worked for thirty-seven years. He has written and lectured extensively on medieval sculpture and ivory carvings. His many books include volume 1 of the Wyvern Collection catalogues, Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork; Gothic Sculpture 1140–1300; Netherlandish Sculpture; and Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200–1550.

'There could be few more qualified guides to an important private collection of medieval art than Paul Williamson' - Apollo

• Foreword • Introduction • I. Late Antique and Byzantine (cat. 1–8) • II. Romanesque and Early Gothic 1050-1200 (cat. 9–44) • III. Europe in the 13th Century (cat. 45–68) • IV. Europe in the 14th Century (cat. 69–92) • V. Europe in the First Half of the 15th Century (cat. 93–126) • VI. Europe in the Second Half of the 15th Century (cat. 127–164) • VII. Europe in the First Half of the 16th Century (cat. 165–179) • VIII. Post-Medieval (cat. 180–187)