Celtic art in Pagan and Christian times

PAGE The Hallstatt Sword 8 Ornament on bronze sword-sheath from La Tène 11 Gaulish helmet of bronze from Gorge-Meillet 12 Chevron patterns of the Bronze Age 27-36 Bronze spear-h...

All the nations at present inhabiting Europe, with the exception of the Turks, the Finns, the Magyars, and the Basques, speak Aryan languages, and are to a large extent of Aryan...

As we have already observed, the Goidelic Celts were in the Bronze Age stage of culture when they landed in Britain. Let us now inquire into the nature of the materials availabl...

In a previous chapter we pointed out the difference between the Q and the P Celts, the former being Goidels in the Bronze Age, and the latter Brythons in the Iron Age, when they...

The arms of offence and defence of the Late-Celtic period are made of metal; the sword-blades, dagger-blades, and lance-heads being of iron; and the sword-sheaths, dagger-sheath...

The fact must never be lost sight of that the picture presented to our mind of any particular prehistoric stage of culture must necessarily be extremely imperfect, since the ext...

It must always be borne in mind that the conversion of the inhabitants of Britain from Paganism to Christianity was a very gradual process, extending over a period of two hundre...

Ecclesiastical and other MSS. written on sheets of vellum and bound up in the form of a book were introduced into this country with Christianity. The materials and tools used by...

(1) The prominence given to the margin or frame within which the whole design is enclosed. (2) The arrangement of the design within the margin in panels, each containing a compl...

=Abbot (Jacob).= THE BEECHNUT BOOK. Edited by E. V. LUCAS. Illustrated. _Demy 16mo. 2s. 6d._ [Little Blue Books. =Acatos (M. J.).= See L. A. Sornet. =Adams (Frank).= JACK SPRATT...

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