The Image in the Arenberg Gospels of Christ beginning to be “What He Was Not”ġ5. Vox Ecclesiae: Performance and Insular Manuscript Artġ4. Appropriating Victoria: Intercultural Transformations of a Visual Motifġ2. High Crosses, The Sun’s Course, and Local Theologies at Kells and Monasterboiceġ1. An Irish Stroke of European Genius, Irish High Crosses and the Emperor Charles the Baldġ0. Reclaiming the Apocalypse Majestas Panel for the Ruthwell Crossĩ. Writing in Tongues: Mixed Scripts and Style in Insular ArtĨ. Insular Chrismals and House-Shaped Shrines in the Early Middle Agesħ. Looking to Byzantium: Light, Color and Cloth in Insular ArtĦ. Metalwork in Ireland from the Later Seventh to the Ninth Century A Reviewĥ. Southumbrian Book Culture: The Interface Between Insular and Anglo-SaxonĤ. Recent Trends in Dating Works of Insular artģ. New Finds versus the Beginning of the Narrative on Insular Gospel BooksĢ. Brown, Carol Farr, Peter Harbison, Paul Meyvaert, Lawrence Nees, Nancy Netzer, Carol Neuman de Vegvar, Éamonn Ó Carragáin, Neil O’Donoghue, Jennifer O’Reilly, Heather Pulliam, Jane Rosenthal, Michael Ryan, Ben C. Studies deal with topics as diverse as the Books of Kells and Durrow, the high cross, reliquaries, and shrines as well as issues of reception, liturgy, color, performance, and iconography. The studies in this volume, which were undertaken by some of the most eminent scholars in the field, highlight the close interaction between the two worlds of Ireland and England in the early medieval period. Stretching from the sixth or seventh centuries possibly to the late eleventh century, these styles are two of the most innovative of the Middle Ages. It is a style that is closely related to the more narrowly defined Anglo-Saxon. Originally used to define the manuscripts of ninth- and tenth-century Ireland and the north of England, “Insular” is now more widely applied to include all of the media of these and earlier periods. Studies deal with topics as diverse as the Books of Kells and Durrow, the high cross, reliquaries, and shrines as well as issues of reception, liturgy, color, performance, and iconography.Ĭovering the arts of Ireland and England with some incursions onto mainland Europe, where the same stylistic influences are found, the terms “Insular” and “Anglo-Saxon” are two of the most problematic in medieval art history. Insular and Anglo-Saxon Art and Thought in the Early Medieval Period Edited by Colum Hourihane Covering the arts of Ireland and England with some incursions onto mainland Europe, where the same stylistic influences are found, the terms “Insular” and “Anglo-Saxon” are two of the most problematic in medieval art history.
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