The Hunterian Museum's collection includes almost all the distance slabs which commemorated the construction of the Antonine Wall between Forth and Clyde in AD 142, together with building-records from forts, altars, gravestones, sculptures and architectural pieces. The use of unpublished archival material results in a fascinating account of antiquarian enthusiasms. Some 80 individual stones are catalogued, and the overall content of the collection is assessed. The monograph is extensively illustrated with line drawings and photographs.
Author(s): Lawrence Keppie
Series: Britannia Monograph Series, 13
Publisher: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 196
City: London
List of Plates
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE: HISTORY OF THE COLLECTION
1. The Earliest Records
2. The Beginnings of the Glasgow Collection
3. The Eighteenth Century
4. 'Monumenta Romani Imperii'
5. The Forth & Clyde Canal
6. The 'Monumenta' Re-issued
7. The Roman Stones at the Hunterian Museum
8. The Museum Collections at Gilmorehill
9. 'Tituli Hunteriani'
10. The Twentieth Century
CHAPTER TWO: CONTENT OF THE COLLECTION
1. The Historical Context
2. The Military Occupation of Scotland
3. The Main Categories of Inscription
4. The Geology of the Stones
5. The Stonecutters and their Craft
6. Sculptural Decoration and Artistic Style
7. Re-use of the Stones in Post-Roman Times
8. Stones without a Secure Provenance
9. Conclusion
CHAPTER THREE: CATALOGUE
Preface
1. Building Records
a. Distance slabs
b. Fort-building records
2. Altars
3. Gravestones
4. Funerary Relief Sculpture
5. Relief Sculpture and Sculpture in the Round
6. Architectural Sculpture
7. Miscellaneous
8. Fragments
Epigraphic Conventions
Glossary
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Concordances
Index
