Glendalough : city of God / Charles Doherty, Linda Doran & Mary Kelly, editors.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Dublin, Ireland ; $4c Portland, OR : Four Courts Press for the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, c2011.
Description
xxxi, 383 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.

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    Summary note
    This work explores the monastic site at Glendalough in its entirity, its archaeology, history, liturgy and intellectual concerns, and provides a clear picture of the highly developed society which grew there.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Finding the city of God in the lives of St Kevin : Glendalough and the history of the Irish celestial civitas / Melanie C. Maddox
    • The organization and function of an early Irish church settlement : what was Glendalough? / Colmán Etchingham
    • Space organization in early Irish monasteries : the platea / Jean-Michel Picard
    • Recluses, relics and corpses : interpreting St Kevin's House / Tomás Ó Carragáin
    • The 'Market Cross' at Glendalough / Raghnall Ó Floinn
    • Medieval burial and pilgrimage within the landscape of Glendalough : the evidence of the crosses and cross-slabs / Lorcan Harney
    • The lives of Kevin (Caoimhghin) of Glendalough / Pádraig Ó Riain
    • Vita Sancti Cóemgeni : an edition of the earliest manuscript version / Dagmar Ó Riain-Raedel
    • Monster and monastery : St Kevin's lives and the expansion of Glendalough / Brian Lacey
    • Glendalough : where beauty, history and spirituality walk hand in hand / Martina Pozdechova
    • A Glendalough bishop in Germany? : the Four Masters and the three Gilla na Náems / Diarmuid Ó Riain
    • Uí Máil and Glendalough / Ailbhe MacShamhráin
    • The Viking impact on Glendalough / Colmán Etchingham
    • The study and use of numbers in early Irish monasteries / Daniel P. Mc Carthy
    • Glendalough : liturgy and music / Sara G. Casey
    • Was Sulien at Glendalough? / Charles Doherty
    • Architectural sculpture at Glendalough / Rachel Moss
    • Little-known drawings of Glendalough, c.1777-1850 / Peter Harbison
    • From 'city of God' to a blueprint for the future : Glendalough in the nineteenth century / Máirín Ní Cheallaigh
    • Glendalough : the RSAI's contribution to its preservation, examination and illustration / Aideen M. Ireland.
    ISBN
    • 9781846821707 (hbk.)
    • 1846821703 (hbk.)
    OCLC
    742942596
    RCP
    H - S
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