Abbreviations Illustrations Introduction Robert T. Farrell 1. The Bewcastle Cross: Some Iconographic Problems Catherine E. Karkov 2. Symbols of the Passion or Power? The Iconography of the Rothbury Cross-head Jane Hawkes 3. Worthy Women on the Ruthwell Cross:: Woman As Sign in Early Anglo-Saxon Monasticism Carol A. Farr 4. Survival and Revival in Insular Art: Some Principles James Lang 5. King Oswald's Wooden Cross at Heavenfield in Context Douglas Mac Lean 6. Daniel Themes on the Irish High Crosses Shirley Alexander 7. The Tower Cross at Kells Roger Stalley 8. Variations on an Old Theme: Panelled Zoomorphic Ornament on Pictish Sculpture at Nigg, Easter Ross, and St. Andrew's Fife, and in the Book of Kells Isabel Henderson 9. The Echternach Lion: A Leap of Faith Carol Neuman de Veguar 10. Recent Finds of Insular Enameled Buckles Susan Youngs 11. Filigree Animal Ornament From Ireland and Scotland of the Late-Seventh to Ninth Centuries: Its Origins and Development Niamh Whitfield 12. The Menagerie of the Derrynaflan Paten Michael Ryan 13. Innovation and Conservatism in Irish Metalwork of the Romanesque Period Raghnall O Floinn 14. The Insular Tradition: An Overview Rosemary Cramp Contributors Index
Catherine E. Karkov is Associate Professor of Art History at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Robert T. Farrell is Professor of English, Archaeology, and Medieval Studies at Cornell University. Michael Ryan is Director and Librarian, The Chester Beatty Library, in Dublin, Ireland.
"Within the field of Early Medieval Western European studies of material culture, 'insular' art occupies an important place. Given the number of recent finds and the volume of recent scholarship, these essays are timely and important contributions." - David Whitehouse, The Corning Museum of Glass "...a breadth of interdisciplinary voices, usefully mixed but not homogenized in opinion or thrust." - Kelley M. Wickham-Crowley, Department of English, Georgetown University
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