This book showcases the excellence of early-medieval Irish fine metalwork, a pinnacle in European decorative arts. Masterpieces of goldsmith's art, both personal ornaments and items for religious use, from the 7th to the 10th centuries, are featured. Recent discoveries and international exhibitions have enriched our understanding of this art form.

Introduction

Silver in pre-Viking Ireland: some Archaeological Comments

The Roscrea Brooch

An Early Christian Hoard from Derrynaflan, Co. Tipperary

'The Chalice', 'The Significance of the Hoard' and (with R. O Floinn) 'The Paten and Stand'

Early Irish Chalices

The Derrynaflan and other Irish Eucharistic Chalices: some Speculations

A Suggested Origin for the Figure Representations on the Derrynaflan Paten

The Horn Reliquary of Tongres-Tongeren: A 12th century Irish Object

A Hoard of Early Medieval Door-furniture from Donore, Moynalty, Co. Meath

Some Aspects of Sequence and Style in Metalwork of the 8th and 9th centuries

Fine Metalworking and Early Irish Monasteries

Church Metalwork in the 8th and 9th centuries A.D

The Formal Relationships of Insular Early Medieval Eucharistic Chalices

Links between Anglo-Saxon and Irish Early Medieval Art: some Evidence of Metalwork

The Sutton Hoo Ship-burial and Ireland: some Celtic Perspectives

Decorated Metalwork in the Museo dell'Abbazia, Bobbio, Italy

The Menagerie of the Derrynaflan Chalice

Ten Years of Early Irish Metalwork

The Book of Kells and Metalwork

The Menagerie of the Derrynaflan Paten

The Decoration of the Donore Discs

Early Christian Metalwork: New Evidence from Ireland

The Derrynaflan Hoard and Early Irish Art

The Irish Shrine of Abbadia San Salvatore, Monte Amiata, Italy

Additional Notes

Index