Crucifixion plaque
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Crucifixion plaques are a type of Irish Early Medieval metal sculpture consisting of a central panel of the still alive but crucified Jesus, surrounded by four ancillary panels. The lower quadrants sh
Athlone Crucifixion Plaque, late 7th or early 8th century
Killalo Crucifixion Plaque, 11th century
Folio 38fv, Southampton Psalter, c. 9th century
Panel on the upper arm of the 8th- or 9th-century Tully Lough Cross, NMI
Insular art
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Insular art, also known as Hiberno-Saxon art, was produced in the post-Roman era of Great Britain and Ireland. The term derives from insula, the Latin term for "island"; in this period Britain and Ire
This page (folio 292r) of the Book of Kells contains the lavishly decorated text that opens the Gospel of John.
David from the Durham Cassiodorus, early 8th century (?), Jarrow
One of hundreds of small initials from the Book of Kells
Early Anglo-Saxon shoulder-clasps from Sutton Hoo, early 7th century. Gold, garnet, and millefiori glass.