Research Catalog

The St. Andrews sarcophagus : a Pictish masterpiece and its international connections / Sally M. Foster, editor.

Title
The St. Andrews sarcophagus : a Pictish masterpiece and its international connections / Sally M. Foster, editor.
Publication
[Dublin] : Four Courts Press, [1998]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextRequest in advance DA890.S2 S27 1998Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Foster, Sally M.
  • Historic Scotland
  • Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Description
287 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.
Summary
Foster's work consists of the proceedings of a conference on the topic of the St Andrew's Sarcophagus, described as one of the most beautiful and fascinating monuments of pre-Romanesque art in Europe. This is the first book devoted to the subject.
Alternative Title
Saint Andrews sarcophagus
Subject
  • Geschichte 0600-0900
  • Christian antiquities > St. Andrews > Congresses
  • Christian shrines > St. Andrews > Congresses
  • Sculpture, Medieval > Themes, motives > Congresses
  • Art, Pictish > St. Andrews > Congresses
  • Sarcophagi > Saint Andrews > Congresses
  • St. Andrews (Scotland) > Antiquities > Congresses
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings
Note
  • "This book is the proceedings of a conference organized by Historic Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ..."--P. 4 of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-270) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / David J. Breeze -- Descriptive Catalogue of the Surviving Parts of the Monument / Isabel Henderson -- Discovery, Recovery, Context and Display / Sally M. Foster -- Recent Developments in Conservation and Presentation / Richard D.E. Welander -- Pictish Kings 761-839: Integration with Dal Riata or Separate Development? / Dauvit Broun -- Form and Function / Charles Thomas -- Primus inter pares: the St. Andrews Sarcophagus and Pictish Sculpture / Isabel Henderson -- Political Discourse and the Growth of Christian Ceremonialism in Pictland: the Place of the St. Andrews Sarcophagus / Stephen T. Driscoll -- The Northumbrian Perspective / Douglas Mac Lean -- The Mercian Perspective / Steven J. Plunkett -- The Irish Connection / Nancy Edwards -- The Continental Context / Edward James.
ISBN
  • 1851824146 (hbk.)
  • 1851824154 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^99175885^
OCLC
  • 40431694
  • SCSB-11479063
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library