A Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales Volume One: South-East Wales and the English Border
Autor Mark Redknap, John M. Lewisen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 aug 2008
Inscribed stones and stone sculpture form the most prolific body of material evidence that survives for early medieval Wales. The inscribed memorial stones in Latin or Old Irish ogam commemmorate the lives the Welsh elite of the time and are crucial to understanding the continutity of early medival Welsh culture with the preceding Roman culture, Irish settlements, and early Welsh kingdoms.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780708319567
ISBN-10: 0708319564
Pagini: 680
Ilustrații: 390 halftones, 170 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 222 x 267 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: University of Wales Press
Colecția University of Wales Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0708319564
Pagini: 680
Ilustrații: 390 halftones, 170 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 222 x 267 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: University of Wales Press
Colecția University of Wales Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Mark Redknap is the curator of medieval and later archaeology at the National Museum and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff. John M. Lewis was assistant keeper, medieval and later antiquities at the National Museum and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff. Nancy Edwards is reader in archaeology in the Department of History and Welsh History at the University of Wales, Bangor.
Cuprins
PART 1
Preface (including background)
Chapter 1. Earlier Research
Chapter 2. Recording Methods
Chapter 3. Physical Environment and Historical Background
1. Topography of S.E. Wales
2. Historical Background to S.E. Wales c. 350-800
3. Historical Background to S.E. Wales c. 800-1100
Chapter 4. Sources and Selection of Stone J Horák
1. Distribution of potential source material
2. Factors influencing the selection and working of stone
Chapter 5. Forms and functions
1. Latin- and ogam-inscribed stones Formulae
2. Cross-carved stones
3. CrossesChapter
6. The Inscriptions
A. The Celtic Language of the inscriptions and their chronology P Sims-Williams
B. The palaeography of the inscriptions G Charles-Edwards
Chapter 7. Classification of cross types, motifs and ornament
Incised linear crosses
Incised ring crosses
Outline crosses
Sculpted crosses
Classification of ornament
Abstract repeating patterns
Line patterns
Figural representations/iconography
Faunal representations
Chapter 8. Sculpture: Regional and Local Groups
1. The introduction of sculptural techniques
2. Identification of sculptural groups
3. The Glamorgan disc-headed crosses
4. The Monmouthshire group of cross slabs
5. The Brecon crosses
6. Two late Glamorgan groups
7. The Anglo-Norman transition
Chapter 9. Production
Chapter 10. The historical and archaeological contexts J. K. Knight
1. Latin memorial stones Fifth-sixth-century background Text and context
2. Incised crosses and cross-slabs
3. Later sculptured crosses.
Chapter 11. Chronologies
Chapter 12. Past, Present and Future
PART 2
THE CATALOGUE
Form of catalogue entries
Form of place-names
1. Breconshire (B1-B53)
2. Glamorgan (G1-G120)
3. Monmouthshire (MN1-MN5)
4. Radnorshire (R1-R6)The contiguous areas of
5. Herefordshire (H1-H7)
6. Shropshire (S1-S2)
7. Dubia
PART 3
GAZETTEER
Indices
Letter forms
Decorative patterns
Index locorum
Index nominorum
A concordance of new with old numbering
A concordance of familiar names with new numbering
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Preface (including background)
Chapter 1. Earlier Research
Chapter 2. Recording Methods
Chapter 3. Physical Environment and Historical Background
1. Topography of S.E. Wales
2. Historical Background to S.E. Wales c. 350-800
3. Historical Background to S.E. Wales c. 800-1100
Chapter 4. Sources and Selection of Stone J Horák
1. Distribution of potential source material
2. Factors influencing the selection and working of stone
Chapter 5. Forms and functions
1. Latin- and ogam-inscribed stones Formulae
2. Cross-carved stones
3. CrossesChapter
6. The Inscriptions
A. The Celtic Language of the inscriptions and their chronology P Sims-Williams
B. The palaeography of the inscriptions G Charles-Edwards
Chapter 7. Classification of cross types, motifs and ornament
Incised linear crosses
Incised ring crosses
Outline crosses
Sculpted crosses
Classification of ornament
Abstract repeating patterns
Line patterns
Figural representations/iconography
Faunal representations
Chapter 8. Sculpture: Regional and Local Groups
1. The introduction of sculptural techniques
2. Identification of sculptural groups
3. The Glamorgan disc-headed crosses
4. The Monmouthshire group of cross slabs
5. The Brecon crosses
6. Two late Glamorgan groups
7. The Anglo-Norman transition
Chapter 9. Production
Chapter 10. The historical and archaeological contexts J. K. Knight
1. Latin memorial stones Fifth-sixth-century background Text and context
2. Incised crosses and cross-slabs
3. Later sculptured crosses.
Chapter 11. Chronologies
Chapter 12. Past, Present and Future
PART 2
THE CATALOGUE
Form of catalogue entries
Form of place-names
1. Breconshire (B1-B53)
2. Glamorgan (G1-G120)
3. Monmouthshire (MN1-MN5)
4. Radnorshire (R1-R6)The contiguous areas of
5. Herefordshire (H1-H7)
6. Shropshire (S1-S2)
7. Dubia
PART 3
GAZETTEER
Indices
Letter forms
Decorative patterns
Index locorum
Index nominorum
A concordance of new with old numbering
A concordance of familiar names with new numbering
BIBLIOGRAPHY