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Early Christian Symbolism in Great Britain and Ireland before the Thirteenth Century (Paperback)
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Early Christian Symbolism in Great Britain and Ireland before the Thirteenth Century (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
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The civil engineer and archaeologist John Romilly Allen (1847-1907)
delivered the Rhind lectures of the Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland in 1885, and published them in book form in 1887. The art
of pre-Norman Britain and Ireland had long been a subject of
fascination for him, and in this highly illustrated book he
considers the wider European context of British art, and the
chronology of Christianity from the Romano-British period onwards.
There is a particular focus on the Celtic crosses of Ireland, and
the meaning of the sculpture on their faces, shafts and bases.
Allen continues his analysis of Norman architecture up to the end
of the twelfth century. The final chapter considers the symbolism
of medieval bestiaries, and Allen ends with a plea for the
establishment of a museum of Christian archaeology to bring
together in one place all the different manifestations of British
Christian art.
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