Scotland's Early Silver

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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The breadth of National Museums Scotland's collections, together with the support of The Glenmorangie Company, puts National Museums in a unique position to reveal the role of silver in the development of the first kingdoms of Scotland. It was silver, not gold, which was the most important and powerful precious metal in Scotland for over six hundred years and, as well as showcasing beautiful objects, the book builds on the Glenmorangie Research Project to gives fresh insights into this formative period of Scottish history. Based on the exhibition Scotland's Early Silver which was at the National Museum of Scotland and is now on tour.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-10-13
Mått:240 x 250 x 15 mm
Vikt:929 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:NMSE - Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781910682128

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Alice Blackwell is the Glenmorangie Research Fellow. Dr Martin Goldberg is Senior Curator responsible for Early History and Viking Collections, Department of Scottish History and Archaeology, National Museums Scotland. Dr Fraser Hunter is Principal Curator, Iron Age, Roman and Early History, Department of History and Archaeology, National Museums Scotland.

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' ... The book is very well written in clear and plain English and it conveys ideas and stories in short, well-structured, chapters that are appropriately illustrated to a high quality. ... It is a book to be relished and looked at in comfort and the images in particular reward closer study.’

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Foreword by Dr Gordon Rintoul CBE, National Museums ScotlandForeword by Marc Hoellinger, The Glenmorangie CompanyIntroduction: Silver, not goldSCOTLAND'S EARLY SILVERCh. 1 Sources of silverCh. 2 Scotland's earliest silver AD75-160Ch. 3 Bribery beyond Britannia AD140-230Ch. 4 Silver for changing times AD250-350Ch. 5. Pieces of silver: making sense of the Traprain Treasure AD350-450Ch. 6 changing silver for a new world AD300-500Ch. 7 Managing silver, managing change: Early Medieval hacksilver hoarding AD400-600Ch. 8 New power symbols: massive silver chains AD300-500Ch. 9 Holding it together: silver and brooches AD400-800Ch. 10 New sources and new ideas AD800-1000Ch. 11 Conclusion: a thousand years of silverBibliographyExhibited objectsIndexAcknowledgements