ABSTRACT
Introduction – Definitions – Dating – Epigraphy – Sequences in outline – The Corpus – A field trip – In the Moray Firth – A sequence on the Isle of Man – A Sequence in South Wales – A sequence in Cornwall – Formative 1 (5th–7th century) – Pictland – Western Scotland – Northern borders – Welsh overview – Formative 1 in Wales – Dating – Formative 2 in south-west Britain – Northumbria in Fm 1 – Fm 1 in Southumbria – Why are some areas blank? – Formative 2 (7th–9th century) – Western Scotland – Fm 2 in Pictland – Fm 2 in Wales – Fm 2 in Northumbria – Phase 1: the warm-up: late 7th to mid-8th century – Architectural fittings and embellishments – Memorials – Phase 2: the break out: mid-8th into 9th century – Fm 2 in Mercia – Fm 2 in Southumbria – Formative 3 (9th–11th century) – Fm 3 in Scotland – Vikings in the north-west – Fm 3 in Wales – Anglo-Scandinavian Northumbria – Hogbacks – Lincolnshire in Fm 3 – The English region in Fm 3 – Excursus: sequences from Ireland and Scandinavia – Ireland – Scandinavia – The archaeology of sculpture – Coda: churches and manuscripts – Churches in Scotland – Churches in Wales – Churches in England – Illuminated Books – The trajectory of the codex – Reflections – Conclusion
