The St. Andrews sarcophagus : a Pictish masterpiece and its international connections /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[Dublin] : Four Courts Press, [1998]
Description:	287 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Sarcophagi, Early Christian -- Scotland. Sarcophagi -- Scotland -- St. Andrews -- Congresses. Sculpture, Medieval -- Themes, motives -- Congresses. Art, Pictish -- Scotland -- St. Andrews -- Congresses. Christian antiquities -- Scotland -- St. Andrews -- Congresses. Christian shrines -- Scotland -- St. Andrews -- Congresses. Antiquities. Art, Pictish. Christian antiquities. Christian shrines. Sarcophagi. Sculpture, Medieval -- Themes, motives. St. Andrews (Scotland) -- Antiquities -- Congresses. Scotland -- St. Andrews. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3614191

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Saint Andrews sarcophagus
Other authors / contributors:	Foster, Sally M. Historic Scotland. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
ISBN:	1851824154 (pbk.) 1851824146 (hbk.)
Notes:	"This book is the proceedings of a conference organized by Historic Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ..."--P. 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-270) and index.

Table of 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.

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