Scotland in Early Christian TimesCambridge University Press, 1881 - 292 páginas Joseph Anderson (1832-1916), curator of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, delivered the Rhind lectures of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland from 1879 to 1882 as a sequence on the ancient history of Scotland, and subsequently published them in book form, in reverse chronological order. His lectures on early Christian Scotland were published in two highly illustrated volumes in 1881. Volume 2 considers the apparently secular remains of decorative metalwork (including the superb gold and silver, jewel-inlaid brooches of the period) and carved stone monuments, but emphasises the lack of distinction between ecclesiastical and non-ecclesiastical (a standing stone may have a cross on one side and a secular scene on the other), while providing insights into an elaborate symbolism, surviving in part from pagan times. Two final lectures describe inscriptions in Roman, runic, Celtic and Ogham scripts. Anderson's other Rhind lectures are also reissued in this series. |
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... Egilsay and its round tower - Round Tower of Brechin - Round Tower of Abernethy - Their identity of type with those of Ireland - The Round Tower of Devenish , Lough Erne- Four styles of the Irish Round Towers - The Scottish examples are ...
... Egilsay and its round tower - Round Tower of Brechin - Round Tower of Abernethy - Their identity of type with those of Ireland - The Round Tower of Devenish , Lough Erne- Four styles of the Irish Round Towers - The Scottish examples are ...
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... Egilsay Church Old View of Egilsay Church • View of Egilsay Church in its present condition 33 34 35 36 View of the Round Tower of Brechin . 38 Section of Elevation of the Round Tower of Brechin 39 Doorway of the Round Tower of Brechin ...
... Egilsay Church Old View of Egilsay Church • View of Egilsay Church in its present condition 33 34 35 36 View of the Round Tower of Brechin . 38 Section of Elevation of the Round Tower of Brechin 39 Doorway of the Round Tower of Brechin ...
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... Egilsay , is also like the church of St. Regulus , unique in its features . It consists of nave and chancel , architecturally distinguished , Fig . 2. - Ground - plan of Egilsay Church . ( From Muir's Caithness and Orkney . ) but it ...
... Egilsay , is also like the church of St. Regulus , unique in its features . It consists of nave and chancel , architecturally distinguished , Fig . 2. - Ground - plan of Egilsay Church . ( From Muir's Caithness and Orkney . ) but it ...
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... Egilsay Church . ( From Hibbert's Engraving . ) height is 48 feet , but about 15 feet of its original height was removed many years ago , so that it must have been , at least , 60 feet high . The engraving given by Hibbert from an old ...
... Egilsay Church . ( From Hibbert's Engraving . ) height is 48 feet , but about 15 feet of its original height was removed many years ago , so that it must have been , at least , 60 feet high . The engraving given by Hibbert from an old ...
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... north wall there is a small round- headed window opening immediately under the impost of the vault. Fig . 4. Egilsay Church . ( From a Photograph . ) Figs . 10 , 11. - External View and Section. 36 SCOTLAND IN EARLY CHRISTIAN TIMES .
... north wall there is a small round- headed window opening immediately under the impost of the vault. Fig . 4. Egilsay Church . ( From a Photograph . ) Figs . 10 , 11. - External View and Section. 36 SCOTLAND IN EARLY CHRISTIAN TIMES .
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15 feet 9 inches abbot Abernethy Adamnan ancient antiquity arch archæology Architecture Armagh associated bell of St Bishop Book of Armagh Book of Kells Brecbennoch Brechin bronze building built cashel cell Celtic Church chancel chancelled church character Christian Columba Columcille construction crosier crosier of St culture and civilisation cumdach doorway Drostan dry-built earliest early Celtic Church east end ecclesiastical Egilsay Eilean enclosed evidence existing externally fact feet 6 inches Fillan Gospels ground-plan height Inchcolm inches high inches wide internally Iona Ireland Irish island jambs King land Lindisfarne Lybster manuscripts materials ment monastery monastic Muir's Characteristics Museum nave North Rona Orkney ornamentation Pagan peculiar Petrie placed preserved rath record relics remains roof Round Tower rude saint says scientific Scotland Scots Scottish shrine side specimens stone structure style Teampull thick tion twelfth century uncemented west end width window
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Página 84 - The doorways in these cells are two feet four inches in width, and but three feet six inches in height. On the other side of the chapel are a number of smaller cells, which were only large enough to contain each a single person. They are but six feet long, three feet wide, and four feet high, and most of them are now covered with rubbish. These formed a Laura, like the habitations of the Egyptian ascetics.
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