Description
Book SynopsisThe catalogue focuses on the entire non-numismatic contents of the Cuerdale hoard (discovered in 1840), together with all the other hoards and single-finds of gold and silver artefacts (ornaments and ingots) of Viking character in the British Museum, found in Britain and Ireland, up to the end of the year 2000, with each piece individually ...
Table of Contents1. The Collection of Viking-Age Gold and Silver from Britain and Ireland in the British Museum
2. The Discovery and Dispersal of the Cuerdale Hoard
3. The Cuerdale Coins, by Gareth Williams, with a contribution by Marion Archibald
4. Classification and Discussion of the Objects: Part 1 (ingots)
5. Classification and Discussion of the Objects: Part 2 (rings)
6. Classification and Discussion of the Objects: Part 3 (brooches & misc.)
7. Classification and Discussion of the Objects: Part 4 (continental)
8. Manufacture and Decoration
9. Contents and Contexts: Discussion
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