Manx crosses : a handbook of stone sculpture 500-1040 in the Isle of Man /

This is the first general survey of the carved stone crosses of the Isle of Man (late 5th to mid-11th century) for more than a century, providing a new view of the political and religious connections of the Isle of Man in a period of great turmoil in the Irish Sea region. The book also includes an u...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilson, David M. (David Mackenzie), 1931- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]
Colección:Archaeopress archaeology.
Temas:
To 1500
Crosses > Isle of Man > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Stone carving > Isle of Man > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Stone crosses > Isle of Man.
Sculpture en pierre > Île de Man > Guides, manuels, etc.
Croix de pierre > Île de Man.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Stone carving.
Crosses.
Antiquities.
Religion.
Stone crosses.
Isle of Man > Antiquities > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Isle of Man > Religion > History.
Isle of Man > History > To 1500.
Île de Man > Religion > Histoire.
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies > Isle of Man.
Handbooks and manuals.
Handbook
History.
Guides et manuels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to the Island; CHAPTER 2 Early stones and sacred sites; CHAPTER 3 The Monastery at Maughold and pre-Scandinavian monuments in the Island; CHAPTER 4 The cusp of the Scandinavian settlement of the Isle of Man; CHAPTER 5 The stone sculpture of the Scandinavian settlement; Chapter 6 The Scandinavian runic inscriptions; Bibliography & Suggested Reading; Appendix: A hand-list of the Manx Crosses.

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