Early Insular Art at the Crossroads
Volume 1: Metalwork, Manuscripts and Other Media

Edited by Christina Smith,John Carson,David Petts,Heidi Stoner

ISBN13: 9798888571064

Imprint: Casemate Publishers

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 15/06/2025

Availability: Available

Description
This volume comprises published papers from the Ninth International Insular Art Conference held in Durham in 2022. It brings together the latest scholarship on early medieval (AD 400–1100) art in Britain, Ireland and beyond. Perspectives taken include classical art historical analysis of form, style and design, but also a close attention to the materials used and the complex process of production and artisan skill required to create these objects. This volume focuses on manuscripts, metalwork and other media, with research on stone sculpture appearing in Volume 2.
1. Introduction David Petts, Heidi Stone, Christina Smith and John Carson 2. “Insular Blues” Richard Gameson 3. Culture at a Crossroads: impact, influence, and endurance Melisa Hermann 4. Petersen Type O Sword Hilts Caroline Patterson 5. The Context of the Derrynaflan Paten Michael Ryan 6. False Friends? Pictish beast-headed penannular brooches in a viking-age context Adrian Maldonado 7. Irish Metalwork of the 11th and 12th Centuries – Dublin and Ottonian Europe Raghnall Ó Floinn 8. Recent Discoveries of Insular Metalwork in Wales: aspects of craft, context and connections Mark Redknap 9. The Figures of St Manchan’s Shrine: setting the record straight Griffin Murray 10. Early Insular Vessels Maeve Sikora 11. Insular, Enamelled Metalwork from Viking-Age Norway: a new review Zanette T. Glørstad 12. The Art of Play: insular board games and beyond Katherine Forsyth 13. Coming and Going at the Cross Road: hanging bowls and the problem of labels Susan Youngs 14. Fame for a Pot of Ale: representation, reciprocity and drinking horns Carol Neuman de Vegvar 15. Carving Brooch Moulds with Coherent Geometry Stephen Walker 16. Bearing Crosses: interpretations in English and Frankish adornment Rachael Vause 17. Looking for Something Different? Sameness and unsameness in insular art Michael Brennan 18. An Insular Manuscript Wander into Virtual Reality: Oh My! Bill Endres 19. The Lozenge in the Insular Illumination Dominique Barbet-Massin 20. The Initials in the Book of Kells: revealing the ‘calligraphic imagination’ of its great scribe Donncha MacGabhann 21. New Light on the Turin Gospels (Torino, Biblioteca nazionale, MS O.IV.20) and Related Manuscripts Bernard Meehan 22. Use and Reuses of an Insular Gospel Fragment in the Roudnice Lobkowicz Library Jiří Vnouček and Nancy Netzer 23. Making a Pictish Manuscript Thomas Keyes
  • Archaeology
  • History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400
  • European history
  • Medieval history
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Professional & Vocational
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