"Early Medieval Art and Archaeology in the Northern World" brings together leading experts on the European early Middle Ages in a celebration of the life and work of internationally renowned scholar James Graham-Campbell. The geographical coverage of this volume reflects Graham-Campbell's interests and expertise which ranges from Ireland to Eastern Europe and from Scandinavia to Spain. The new perspectives and original studies offered represent a major contribution to the field of medieval studies, with papers on the art, archaeology, history and literature of European societies between the fifth and thirteenth centuries.
Author(s): Andrew Reynolds, Leslie Webster (eds.)
Series: The Northern World. North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 A.D., 58
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 1002
Foreword / David M. Wilson xi
Preface xv
List of Contributors xvii
List of Illustrations xxi
James Graham-Campbell: A Bibliography / Compiled by Martin Comey xxxix
OBJECTS
Hanging Basins and the Wine-Coloured Sea: The Wider Context of Early Medieval Hanging Bowls / Noël Adams 3
The Wilton Cross Coin Pendant: Numismatic Aspects and Implications / Marion M. Archibald 51
A Lost Pendant Cross from Near Catterick Bridge, Yorkshire / Rosemary Cramp 73
'Gabatae Saxiscae': Saxon Bowls in the Churches of Rome during the Eighth and Ninth Centuries / Richard Gem 87
'All Shapes and Sizes': Anglo-Saxon Knives c. 700–1100 / Patrick Ottaway 111
A Remarkable Anglo-Saxon Gold Finger-Ring from Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire / Leslie Webster 139
An Anglo-Saxon Bone Acanthus-Leaf Mount from Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire / David A. Hinton 153
Hybridity and Identity in Early Medieval Wales: An Enamelled Class G Brooch from Goodwick, Pembrokeshire / Ewan Campbell 163
Ring Rattle on Swift Steeds: Equestrian Equipment from Early Medieval Wales / Mark Redknap 177
Viking and Late Norse Ceramic Baking Plates in the Hebrides / Alan Lane 211
A Gold Finger-Ring Found Near Tipperary, Ireland / Niamh Whitfield 231
The Insular Comb / Ian Riddler and Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski 259
Two Ninth-Century Pails from Ireland / Martin G. Comey 275
Weights and Weight Systems in Viking Age Ireland / Patrick F. Wallace 301
A Medieval Sword and Scabbard from the River Bann / Cormac Bourke 317
Some Viking Weapons in Sigvatr's Verse / Judith Jesch 341
An Anglo-Saxon Disc-Brooch From Sjorring, Jutland / Raghnall Ó Floinn 359
Two Viking Age Pendants from Iceland / Guðrún Sveinbjarnardóttir 371
Medieval Bronze Bowls from North Norway and Their Context: Sami or Norse? / Ingegerd Holand 383
An Important Late Merovingian or Early Carolingian Sword in the Yorkshire Museum / Barry Ager 409
HOARDS
A Casket Fit for a West Saxon Courtier? The Plumpton Hoard and Its Place in the Minor Arts of Late Saxon England / Gabor Thomas 425
The 'Northern Hoards' Revisited: Hoards and Silver Economy in the Northern Danelaw in the Early Tenth Century / Gareth Williams 459
Cuerdale: An Update from North-West England / B. J. N. Edwards 487
The Context of the 1858 Skaill Hoard / David Griffiths 501
The Silver Hoard from Skovvang, Bornholm / Birgitta Hårdh 527
Treasure—A View from the South / Wendy Davies 541
PLACES
Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence in the Localities: A Case Study of the Avebury Region / Andrew Reynolds and Stuart Brookes 561
The Liberty of Sandwich, Kent, c. 1300 and Its Implications for Earlier Topography / Helen Clarke 607
A Viking Burial at Balnakeil, Sutherland / Colleen E. Batey and Caroline Paterson 631
Early Finds of Viking Graves in the Isle of Man / David M. Wilson 663
Viking Age Agriculture in Ireland and Its Settlement Context / Mick Monk 685
The Reliability of the Alleged Early Lough Gara Iron / Barry Raftery 719
Viking Brittany: Revisiting the Colony that Failed / Neil Price 731
Saxons, Britons and Scots: Pilgrims, Travellers and Exiles on the Continent / Mark A. Handley 743
STYLE, SYMBOL AND MEANING
William Nicolson’s Drawing of the Main Text of the Bewcastle Cross / R. I. Page 781
'Little Men' and the Missing Link: Irish Anthropomorphic Vessel Mounts / Susan Youngs 789
Viking Raiding, Gift-Exchange and Insular Metalwork in Norway / John Sheehan 809
Copying and Creativity in Early Viking Ornament / Signe Horn Fuglesang 825
Finds of Treasure and Their Interpretation with Special Reference to Some Hoards Found in Birka and on Bjorko / Birgit Arrhenius 843
King Harald's Rune-Stone in Jelling: Methods and Messages / Else Roesdahl 859
A Note on the Beard-Pulling Motif: A Meeting between East and West, or a Northern Import? / Alison Stones 877
Old English 'Wopes Hring' and the Old Norse Myth of Baldr / Richard North 893
END PIECES
Endnote / Negley Harte 911
Index 915
