Studies in the Layout, Buildings and Art in Stone of Early Irish Monasteries
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A01=Michael Herity
An Turas
Ardoilean
Author_Michael Herity
Carpet Pages
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Cathair na Naomh
Chi-rhos
Co. Galway
Cross-slabs
Donegal.
Early Christian Decorated Slabs
Early Irish Monasteries
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Founder Saint
Hermitages
Layout
Lives of Cuthbert
Ornamented Tomb
The High Island Hermitage
Tomb-shrine
Unmortared Stone Buildings
Product details
- ISBN 9780907132813
- Weight: 1018g
- Dimensions: 170 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 31 Dec 1995
- Publisher: Pindar Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Professor Herity is one of the leading archaeologists in the Early Christian period in Ireland. These papers document a sustained interest in the early development of Irish Christian monasteries and hermitages between the years 400 and 700. Major concerns include the form and layout, buildings and other monuments of these early foundations, particularly those on islands in the Atlantic, most of which were founded before 600. Examination of their cross-carved slabs and pillars has led to a study of the forms of the Tomb of the Founder Saint and the characteristic pilgrimage round known in Irish as an Turas and still performed today. The development of ideas based on the pioneer work of Françoise Henry is documented in two papers on Fechin's hermitage at Ardoiléan or High Island off the Galway coast in 1977 and 1990. Recent papers are also concerned with the forms of the Chi-rho and other early crosses in the insular context.
Professor Herity was one of the leading archaeologists in the Early Christian period in Ireland.
