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Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging-Bowls by Rupert Bruce-Mitford & Sheila Raven
With an Account of the Bowls Found in Scandinavia
Presenting a comprehensive account cataloguing the bowls from across Britain and Europe, this is an illustrated book on the class of Celtic metal work, which ranges from the fifth to the eleventh century.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. |
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| Author(s) : Rupert Bruce-Mitford | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 019813410X | ISBN-13 : 9780198134107 |
| RRP : £237.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 18/08/2005
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page Length : 552mm
Page Size : 276mm