ABSTRACT

Anglo-Saxon Art to A.D. 900 (1972) was the first account to be written of art in England in the period of Celtic, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon styles. Famous illuminated manuscripts, the best of the sculptured stone crosses, and many splendid pieces early metalwork are examined in this extensively-illustrated survey.

chapter I|16 pages

Early British Art

chapter II|30 pages

Roman Britain

chapter III|14 pages

Arthurian Britain

chapter IV|31 pages

Pagan Saxons

chapter V|19 pages

The Early Church

chapter VI|15 pages

The Anglo-Saxon Renaissance

chapter VII|17 pages

Early Northumbrian Crosses

chapter VIII|16 pages

Carolingian Influences

chapter IX|5 pages

The Canterbury School

chapter X|15 pages

Early Mercian and Anglian Styles

chapter XI|15 pages

Wessex Under Egbert and Ethelwulf

chapter XII|11 pages

Later Northumbrian Sculpture

chapter XIII|6 pages

Mercia Before the Danes

chapter XIV|12 pages

Wessex in the Time of Alfred