The Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging-Bowls
with An Account of the Bowls Found in Scandinavia
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 August 2005
- ISBN 9780198134107
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages550 pages
- Size 284x227x35 mm
- Weight 1848 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8 pp colour plates, numerous halftones, line drawings, and tables 0
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Short description:
A beautifully illustrated book on a fascinating and distinctive class of Celtic metalwork, which ranges from the fifth to the eleventh century, this represents the culmination of a lifetime of research by the leading scholar on this subject, and is the only fully comprehensive account cataloguing the bowls from across Britain and Europe. It also includes new research by Dr Bruce-Mitford's co-author, Sheila Raven, on the little-known collection of bowls found in rich Viking burials abroad.
MoreLong description:
Celtic hanging-bowls were produced from the fifth to the eleventh century and range from simple functional vessels to great masterpieces of the period. The first part of the publication sets the bowls in their historical and cultural background and discusses all key aspects of hanging-bowl research, including the much-disputed topics of origin, use, and chronology. The second part is a comprehensive and highly detailed catalogue, dealing with the whole series from Britain and Europe. The publication is lavishly illustrated with over a thousand black and white illustrations and eight colour plates. This long-awaited book by the leading authority on the subject will become the definitive work on this distinctive class of Celtic artefact.
The catalogue entries are meticulous, with expansive use of images and illustrations ... This Corpus certainly raises the bar for future catalogues ... Not only does this Corpus add to the source materials available for the early medieval period, but it will also invigorate interest and investigation into one of the more curious artefacts to be created in the insular world.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Introduction
What are hanging-bowls? The problem stated
About the Catalogue in Part 2: Scope and Method
The History of Hanging-Bowl Studies
Classifying the Bowls
The Opnework Escutcheon Group
The distribution and origin of hanging-bowls in the British Isles and beyond
The use and purpose of the hanging-bowls
Dating the bowls
Hanging-bowl finds in Scandinavia and North Europe
Classified Lists of Bowl Finds
Appendices
Part 2: The Catalogue
Introduction
The Form and Style Tables
Comparanda
