Early medieval art and archaeology in the northern world : studies in honour of James Graham-Campbell / edited by Andrew Reynolds and Leslie Webster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Webster, Leslie, editor.

Reynolds, Andrew (Andrew J.), editor.

Series:

The Northern World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Medieval.

Antiquities.

Europe, Northern--Antiquities.

Europe, Northern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2013]

Summary:

Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World comprises a wealth of original contributions to medieval studies, with a wide topical and geographical remit.

Contents:

Intro

Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World

Copyright

CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

List of Contributors

List of Illustrations

James A. Graham-Campbell-A Bibliography 1968-2011

OBJECTS

Hanging Basins and the Wine-Coloured Sea: The Wider Context of Early Medieval Hanging Bowls

The Wilton Cross Coin Pendant: Numismatic Aspects and Implications

A Lost Pendant Cross from Near Catterick Bridge, Yorkshire

Gabatae Saxiscae: Saxon Bowls in the Churches of Rome during the Eighth and Ninth Centuries

'All Shapes and Sizes': Anglo-Saxon Knives c. 700-1100

A Remarkable Anglo-Saxon Gold Finger-Ring from Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire

An Anglo-Saxon Bone Acanthus-Leaf Mount from Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire

Hybridity and Identity in Early Medieval Wales: An Enamelled Class G Brooch from Goodwick, Pembrokeshire

Ring Rattle on Swift Steeds: Equestrian Equipment from Early Medieval Wales

Viking and Late Norse Ceramic Baking Plates in the Hebrides

A Gold Finger-Ring Found Near Tipperary, Ireland

The Insular Comb

Two Ninth-Century Pails from Ireland

Weights and Weight Systems in Viking Age Ireland

A Medieval Sword and Scabbard from the River Bann

Some Viking Weapons in Sigvatr's Verse

An Anglo-Saxon Disc-Brooch From Sjørring, Jutland

Two Viking Age Pendants from Iceland

Medieval Bronze Bowls from North Norway and Their Context: Sámi or Norse?

An Important Late Merovingian or Early Carolingian Sword in the Yorkshire Museum

HOARDS

A Casket Fit for a West Saxon Courtier? The Plumpton Hoard and Its Place in the Minor Arts of Late Saxon England

The 'Northern Hoards' Revisited: Hoards and Silver Economy in the Northern Danelaw in the Early Tenth Century

Cuerdale: An Update from North-West England

The Context of the 1858 Skaill Hoard.

The Silver Hoard from Skovvang, Bornholm

Treasure-A View from the South

PLACES

Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence in the Localities: A Case Study of the Avebury Region

The Liberty of Sandwich, Kent, c. 1300 and Its Implications for Earlier Topography

A Viking Burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland

Early Finds of Viking Graves in the Isle of Man

Viking Age Agriculture in Ireland and Its Settlement Context

The Reliability of the Alleged Early Lough Gara Iron

Viking Brittany: Revisiting the Colony that Failed

Saxons, Britons and Scots: Pilgrims, Travellers and Exiles on the Continent

STYLE, SYMBOL AND MEANING

William Nicolson's Drawing of the Main Text of the Bewcastle Cross

'Little Men' and the Missing Link: Irish Anthropomorphic Vessel Mounts

Viking Raiding, Gift-Exchange and Insular Metalwork in Norway

Copying and Creativity in Early Viking Ornament

Finds of Treasure and Their Interpretation with Special Reference to Some Hoards Found in Birka and on Björkö

King Harald's Rune-Stone in Jelling: Methods and Messages

A Note on the Beard-Pulling Motif: A Meeting between East and West, or a Northern Import?

Old English 'Wopes Hring' and the Old Norse Myth of Baldr

END PIECES

Endnote

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

90-04-53400-8

OCLC:

1344158718