[Elfsea] Irish Art book on Ebay...

Damon and Christine Huse dchuse at netzero.com
Wed Feb 25 13:17:27 PST 2004


Hola!

I found this today and thought those with Irish personas would find this
interesting...Though you might want to hury, bids close in 2 hours (current
price is only $8.00)...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3589038459&category=7703

Treasures of Early Irish Art, 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D.:

>From the Collections of the National Museum of Ireland,

Royal Irish Academy, Trinity College, Dublin


Interested in Irish art history? Then bid on this book which accompanied an
historic 1977 exhibit at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Liberally illustrated with both black and white and color photographs and
maps, and detailed catalogue descriptions of 69 important items mentioned in
the text. Cover image is of the Crozier of Clonmacnoise, County Offaly. 221
pages.



CONDITION: Except for some scratches and rubbing to the edges and corners of
the cover, it’s in excellent condition with spine and interior pages
completely intact with no creases, markings or tears. Interior pages show
natural yellowing from age.



CONTENTS:

The Bronze Age (discussion of Newgrange megalithic tombs; beaker folk;
Derrinboy armlets; gold gorget; gold lunula)
Foreign Influences and the Beginnings of Christian Art (Turoe stone;
Loughnashade trumpet; Monasterevin disc; the Book of Durrow)
The Christian Triumph: the Golden Age (the Lindisfarne gospels; the Book of
Kells; the Book of Dimma; the Book of Armagh; Emly shrine; Ardagh chalice;
the Stowe Missal)
The Viking Impact (the Soiscel Molaise book shrine; the Psalter of
Ricemarch; the Liber Hymnorum)
Irish Art in the Romanesque and Gothic Periods (shrine of St. Patrick’s
bell; shrine of St. Lachtin’s arm; shrine of the Book of Dimma; “Domnach
Airgid” book shrine; leather satchel for the Book of Armagh)





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