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Author Wilson, David M. (David Mackenzie), 1931- author.

Title Manx crosses : a handbook of stone sculpture 500-1040 in the Isle of Man / David M. Wilson
Published Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (iv, 182 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Series Archaeopress archaeology
Archaeopress archaeology.
Contents CHAPTER 1 An Introduction to the Island; CHAPTER 2 Early stones and sacred sites; CHAPTER 3 The Monastery at Maughold and pre-Scandinavian monuments in the Island; CHAPTER 4 The cusp of the Scandinavian settlement of the Isle of Man; CHAPTER 5 The stone sculpture of the Scandinavian settlement; Chapter 6 The Scandinavian runic inscriptions; Bibliography & Suggested Reading; Appendix: A hand-list of the Manx Crosses
Summary This is the first general survey of the carved stone crosses of the Isle of Man (late 5th to mid-11th century) for more than a century, providing a new view of the political and religious connections of the Isle of Man in a period of great turmoil in the Irish Sea region. The book also includes an up-to-date annotated inventory of the monuments
Notes Previously issued in print: 2018
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service
Audience Specialized
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 25, 2022)
Subject Crosses -- Isle of Man -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Stone carving -- Isle of Man -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Stone crosses -- Isle of Man
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
Stone carving
Crosses
Antiquities
Religion
Stone crosses
SUBJECT Isle of Man -- Antiquities -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Isle of Man -- Religion -- History
Isle of Man -- History -- To 1500
Isle of Man -- Religion
Subject Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies -- Isle of Man
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
History
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Archaeopress, publisher.
ISBN 1784917583
9781784917586