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{{Short description|Medieval ornamental metalwork container}} *{{cite book |last=Lightbown |first=R. W.|title=Secular Goldsmith's Work in Medieval France: A History|location=London |publisher=Society of Antiquaries of Lond ...

...is among the most important surviving examples of [[insular art|Insular]] metalwork. It was donated to the Irish State and the items are now on display in the ...was included in the exhibition "The Work of Angels: Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th–9th Centuries AD" (London, 1989, included in the catalogue). ...

...arth]] to accept the loan. On the advice of the then Keeper of British and Medieval Antiquities at the British Museum (Sir Hercules Read, P.S.A.) and his assis ...|first3=P. |last4=C. |first4=J. |last5=H. |first5=T. B. |date=2006 |title=Medieval Europe |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20209242 |journal=The Metropolitan ...

...019; [https://books.google.com/books?id=UdJIBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA104 "Spectacular objects in the Schatzkammer genre that Baron Lionel bought during his lifetime incl ...an|date=December 2019|text=The term is normally used of the collections of European rulers or very wealthy families.}} Well-known examples are: ...

Unlike many other European royal treasures, the St. Wenceslas Crown is not normally displayed to the p [[Category:Medieval European metalwork objects]] ...

...131</ref> although others see them as using shapes derived from Byzantine metalwork. *Susan Youngs, '''The Work of Angels', Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th Centuries AD'', 1989 (British Museum) ...

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...nutely formed as [[acanthus (ornament)|acanthus]] leaves; earlier jewelled metalwork usually used plain "claw"-type settings.<ref>Lasko, 64-65</ref> [[Category:Medieval European metalwork objects]] ...

...crafts concerned with the design and manufacture of functional, beautiful objects}} ...rior design]], but typically excludes [[architecture]]. [[Ceramic art]], [[metalwork]], [[furniture]], [[jewellery]], [[fashion]], various forms of the [[textil ...

...amanile from [[Iran]], later used in liturgy by [[Spain in the Middle Ages|Medieval Spanish]] Christians]] ...bearing the date 180 AH/CE 796-797 is the earliest dated Islamic object in metalwork. It is cast in bronze, inlaid with silver and copper, and can be found in t ...

...are one of the most important works of [[Romanesque art]] in [[Culture of medieval Poland|Poland]]. ....<ref>Swartzenski, p.59 (note on Pl 116). [[Grove Art]], "Romanesque, §VI: Metalwork" say "c. 1135, perhaps perhaps Bohemia", and "probably c. 1170" by imprted ...

...century. The images are in a "stolid" version of the early "[[Winchester#Medieval period|Winchester]] style".<ref>{{harvnb|Wilson|1984|p=190}}</ref> [[Category:Medieval European metalwork objects]] ...

The '''Alfred Jewel''' is a piece of [[Anglo-Saxon art#Metalwork|Anglo-Saxon goldsmithing work]] made of enamel and quartz enclosed in gold. "[[Mancus]]" was a term used in early medieval Europe to denote either a [[gold coin]], with a weight of gold of 4.25 gram ...

{{Short description|Luxurious book cover using metalwork in gold or silver, jewels, or ivory}} ...quity]], though there are no surviving examples from so early, and [[Early Medieval]] examples are very rare. They were less used by the end of the Middle Age ...

...|p=211}} while the NMI describes it as representing "the pinnacle of early medieval Irish metalworkers’ achievement".{{sfn|NMI|2022}} It was acquired by the [[ ...silver [[Animal style|zoomorphic]] brooches were status symbols in [[Early Medieval]] Ireland and Britain. The format is derived from the earlier tradition of ...

Scroll decoration has been used for the decoration of a vast range of objects, in all Eurasian cultures, and most beyond. A lengthy evolution over the la ...on often included more flowers than European designs, whether classical or medieval (see below). ...

The early medieval [[history of Ireland]], often referred to as '''Early Christian Ireland''', ...t the vast bulk of them are the farm enclosures of the well-to-do of early medieval Ireland". These commonly featured [[souterrains]]: underground passages and ...

...nization]], Migration Period art developed into various schools of Early [[Medieval art]] in Western Europe which are normally classified by region, such as [[ ...of present-day Ukraine discovered a newfound taste for gold figurines and objects inlaid with precious stones. This style, borrowed from [[Scythians]] and [[ ...

{{Short description|Medieval Irish case for a reliquary or book}} ...[reliquary]] box or case used to hold [[History of Ireland (400–800)|Early Medieval Irish]] manuscripts or [[relic]]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Greenfield |first= ...

...ckly, they are important chronological indicators. In archaeology, ancient European brooches are usually referred to by the Latin term [[Fibula (brooch)|fibula ...[casting]], metal bar-twisting and wire making were the basis for many new objects, including the fibula.{{sfn|Tait|1986|p=48}} In Europe, [[Celtic art|Celtic ...