The Picts: Including Guides to St Vigeans Museum and Meigle Museum - Couverture souple

Harden, Jill

 
9781849170345: The Picts: Including Guides to St Vigeans Museum and Meigle Museum
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1849170347 ISBN 13 : 9781849170345
Editeur : Historic Environment Scotland, 2014

Synopsis

The Picts were a sophisticated and powerful people who dominated much of what is now Scotland for hundreds of years, before uniting with the Gaels to form the nation of Alba (later Scotland). Their language has all but disappeared, but their cultural heritage survives, above all in the form of hundreds of incised and carved stones, many marked with their distinctive symbols. Pictish symbols have provoked much curiosity and prompted many interpretations, some more fanciful than others. They are still the subject of debate among experts.

This extensively illustrated book explores all the available information on the Picts in an appealing, accessible and authoritative way. It also includes full guides to the important collections of Pictish carved stones at St Vigeans in Angus and Meigle in Perth & Kinross.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Picts were a sophisticated and powerful people who dominated much of what is now Scotland for hundreds of years, before uniting with the Gaels to form the nation of Alba (later Scotland). Their language has all but disappeared, but their cultural heritage survives, above all in the form of hundreds of incised and carved stones, many marked with their distinctive symbols. Pictish symbols have provoked much curiosity and prompted many interpretations, some more fanciful than others. They are still the subject of debate among experts. This extensively illustrated book explores all the available information on the Picts in an appealing, accessible and authoritative way. It also includes full guides to the important collections of Pictish carved stones at St Vigeans in Angus and Meigle in Perth & Kinross.

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Éditeur
Historic Environment Scotland
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1849170347
ISBN 13 
9781849170345
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
80
Éditeur
Burnet Andrew
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Personne responsable
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