- Title Pages
- Proceedings of the British Academy · 157
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The Irish Role in the Origins of the Old English Alphabet: A Re-assessment
- 2 An Insular Tradition of Ecclesiastical Law: Fifth to Eighth Century
- 3 Bede’s <i>Chronica Maiora</i>: Early Insular History in a Universal Context
- 4 Rome and the Isles: Ireland, England and the Rhetoric of Orthodoxy
- 5 ‘Ye Shall Know Them by Their Names’: Names and Identity among the Irish and the English
- 6 Trouble at the White House: Anglo-Irish Relations and the Cult of St Martin
- 7 The Practicalities of Communication between Northumbrian and Irish Churches, <i>c</i>.635–735
- 8 Behind Animals, Plants and Interlace: Salin’s Style II on Christian Objects
- 9 Anglo-Saxon, Irish and British Relations: Hanging-Bowls Reconsidered
- 10 The Anglo-Saxon Connection: Irish Metalwork, AD 400–800
- 11 Anglo-Saxon/Gaelic Interaction in Scotland
- 12 Sand-dunes and Stray Finds: Evidence for Pre-Viking Trade?
- 13 Glitter in the Dragon’s Lair: Irish and Anglo-Saxon Metalwork from Pre-Viking Wales, <i>c</i>.400–850
- 14 Stylistic Influences in Early Manx Sculpture
- 15 Cemetery Settlements and Local Churches in Pre-Viking Ireland in Light of Comparisons with England and Wales
- 16 ‘All that Peter Stands For’: The <i>Romanitas</i> of the <i>Codex Amiatinus</i> Reconsidered
- 17 Studying Early Christian Sculpture in England and Ireland: The Object of Art History or Archaeology?
- 18 Of Saxons, a Viking and Normans: Colmán, Gerald and the Monastery of Mayo
- Abstracts
- Index
Stylistic Influences in Early Manx Sculpture
Stylistic Influences in Early Manx Sculpture
- Chapter:
- (p.310) (p.311) 14 Stylistic Influences in Early Manx Sculpture
- Source:
- Anglo-Saxon/Irish Relations before the Vikings
- Author(s):
David M. Wilson
- Publisher:
- British Academy
This chapter examines the influences in the early sculpture in the Isle of Man, particularly the crosses that were previously described as Celtic. It suggests that the inscriptions in the Manx sculpture epigraphically and linguistically relate the island to the lands round the Irish Sea, while their typology and style history provide rough chronological yardsticks. The findings reveal that most pre-Viking memorial stones can be found in cemeteries on the sites of keeills.
Keywords: Manx sculpture, Isle of Man, crosses, inscriptions, Irish Sea, memorial stones, cemeteries, keeills
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- Title Pages
- Proceedings of the British Academy · 157
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- 1 The Irish Role in the Origins of the Old English Alphabet: A Re-assessment
- 2 An Insular Tradition of Ecclesiastical Law: Fifth to Eighth Century
- 3 Bede’s <i>Chronica Maiora</i>: Early Insular History in a Universal Context
- 4 Rome and the Isles: Ireland, England and the Rhetoric of Orthodoxy
- 5 ‘Ye Shall Know Them by Their Names’: Names and Identity among the Irish and the English
- 6 Trouble at the White House: Anglo-Irish Relations and the Cult of St Martin
- 7 The Practicalities of Communication between Northumbrian and Irish Churches, <i>c</i>.635–735
- 8 Behind Animals, Plants and Interlace: Salin’s Style II on Christian Objects
- 9 Anglo-Saxon, Irish and British Relations: Hanging-Bowls Reconsidered
- 10 The Anglo-Saxon Connection: Irish Metalwork, AD 400–800
- 11 Anglo-Saxon/Gaelic Interaction in Scotland
- 12 Sand-dunes and Stray Finds: Evidence for Pre-Viking Trade?
- 13 Glitter in the Dragon’s Lair: Irish and Anglo-Saxon Metalwork from Pre-Viking Wales, <i>c</i>.400–850
- 14 Stylistic Influences in Early Manx Sculpture
- 15 Cemetery Settlements and Local Churches in Pre-Viking Ireland in Light of Comparisons with England and Wales
- 16 ‘All that Peter Stands For’: The <i>Romanitas</i> of the <i>Codex Amiatinus</i> Reconsidered
- 17 Studying Early Christian Sculpture in England and Ireland: The Object of Art History or Archaeology?
- 18 Of Saxons, a Viking and Normans: Colmán, Gerald and the Monastery of Mayo
- Abstracts
- Index
