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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, David M. (David Mackenzie), 1931-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]
Series:Archaeopress archaeology.
Subjects:
To 1500
Isle of Man > Antiquities > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Isle of Man > Religion > History.
Isle of Man > History > To 1500.
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies > Isle of Man.
Crosses > Isle of Man > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Stone carving > Isle of Man > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Stone crosses > Isle of Man.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Religion.
Stone crosses.
EBSCO eBooks
Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2273900.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • 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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