Glass beads from early medieval Ireland : classification, dating, social performance / Mags Mannion.

This is a comprehensive study of glass beads from early medieval Ireland, presenting the national classification, typology, dating, symbology and social performance of glass beads.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mannion, Mags (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2015]
Series:	Archaeopress archaeology.
Subjects:	Glassware, Medieval > Ireland. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology. Antiquities Glassware, Medieval Datierung Glasperle Typologie Funde Glaspärlor. Typologi (arkeologi) Ireland > Antiquities. Ireland Irland
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Abstract
Acknowledgments
Author's note
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
The Irish bead corpus 'no strings attached'
The study corpus
The approach adopted in this study
Classifying and dating the beads
Development and structure of the research
The social performance of beads
Figure 1: A typical single find
Figure 2: The number of coeval beads available from a single string or necklace from just one burial (from Brugmann 2004, fig. 76 beads from Grave 72 Linton Heath Cambridgeshire). 1
Figure 3: The widely recognised religious affiliation associated with rosary beads means the viewer is easily able to place it within a context.
Chapter 2: The History of Glass Bead Studies
Antiquarian Studies
Museum Collections
William Knowles
Twentieth-Century Studies
Gustavus Eisen
Horace Beck
Margaret Guido
The modern approach
Anglo-Saxon grave studies
Scandinavian settlement studies
Glass workshops
Glass working on Irish sites
Figure 4: Watercolours of the beads (from Knowles 1879-81, plate 2).
Figure 5: A typical class 9 bead (from.http://www.kaupang 2001/fig 4.7)
Figure 6: Rods of glass used in glass working were among the many finds from San Vincenzo (from Hodges 2009, numbers SV5-01)
Figure 7: A rod of glass used in glass working found during excavations on Iona (Barber 1981, Plate 24)
Figure 8: The class 10A bead (10A.1) from Deer Park Farms
Figure 9: The similarity in the composition and colours used in this glass rod from Ballydoo and the bead from Deer Park Farms illustrated in Figure 8 is very striking
Chapter 3: Aims and Methodology
Methodology
The study corpus
Lighting
Photography
Recording consistency
Database
Munsell codes
Nomenclature.
The philosophy of the classification
Table 1: Location of sites and number of bead from each site
Figure 10: The form and features are more visible on a Class 3 bead of a lighter shade of glass.
Figure 11: The features are not as clear on a class 3 bead of a dark shade of glass.
Figure 12: Glass beads and rods made by the writer.
Figure 13: The artisan has created a very individual and visually striking bead through the skilful use of opaque and translucent glass in contrasting colours.
Chapter 4: The Classification
Class 1 Segmented beads
Class 2 Cable beads
Class 2A
Class 3 Toggle beads
Class 4 Interlace decorated beads
Class 5 Embellished Tripartite beads
Class 6 Lattice decorated beads
Class 7 Spiral marvered decorated yellow beads
Class 10 Herringbone decorated beads
Class 10A Marvered inlaid thread beads
Class 8 Spiral marvered decorated dark beads
Class 9 Spiral unmarvered decorated beads
Class 11 Ribbed beads
Class 12 Mulberry beads
Class 13 Spiral form beads
Class 14 Mixed colour bead
Class 15 Globular beads
15A Miniature globular beads
Class 16 Annular beads
Class 17 Translucent annular beads
Class 18 Spherical beads
The Imported Beads
Brugmann Constricted Segmented beads
Guido Schedule 2 xi beads and 8 xi beads
Guido Schedule 2v (a) beads
Guido Schedule 6viii beads
Koch Type 20 yellow
Andrae Type 0772
Frankish Type beads
Guido Schedule 5iia beads
Koch Type 49/50
Siegmund Type 35.20 or 35.24
Figure 14: A typical class 1 bead (cat. numbers 1.3)
Figure 15: The paste between the groves is clearly visible on this specimen (cat. numbers 2.1)
Figure 16: Bead (cat. numbers 2A.2), showing the single twist composition
Figure 17: An example in pale opaque blue glass (cat .no. 3.3).
Figure 18: A class 3 bead (cat. numbers 3.2), composed of translucent glass
Figure 19: A typical class 4 bead (cat. numbers 4.2), showing the marvered interlace decoration
Figure 20: (cat. numbers 5.1), The combination of motifs which could be used to embellish the beads
Figure 21: A specimen with monochrome collars and raised dots (cat. numbers 5.6)
Figure 22: A specimen (cat. numbers 5.8), with raised dots and collars of twisted glass (after Lynn and McDowell, 2011 Pl. 18.2).
Figure 23: The bead from Carrigatogher in Co Clare
Figure 24: Close up of the depression in which a decorative motif would be placed
Figure 25: This specimen also has monochrome collars (cat. numbers 5.3)
Figure 26: This specimen (cat. numbers 6.4), has a dark glass core
Figure 27: The bead from Lagore (cat. numbers 6.1)
Figure 28: The bead from Newtownbalregan found in association with objects of sixth to seventh century date (Roycroft 2010, 22).
Figure 29: Class 7 bead from Garryduff (cat. numbers 7.3)
Figure 30: A typical Class 8 bead (cat. numbers 8.1)
Figure 31: The core of this bead has a blue tinge (cat. numbers 9.1)
Figure 32 In this example the glass is of a caramel shade and the collars are intact (cat. numbers 9.4).tif
Figure 33 An example in yellow and green glass (cat. numbers 10.21).tif
Figure 34 Some examples display less skill in the execution of the decoration (cat. numbers 10.11).tif
Figure 35: This bead displays a more complex design (cat. numbers10.1)
Figure 36: An example of the type in a lighter colour class (cat. numbers 10.10)
Figure 37: (cat. numbers 10A 2), displays the dimensional depth created by the use of rods of twisted glass similar to those found at Ballydoo
Figure 38: This example is embellished with a twisted cable (cat. numbers11.4)
Figure 39: An example of the type in clear translucent glass (cat. numbers 12.1).
Figure 40: The class 13 bead from Lagore (cat. numbers 13.1)
Figure 41: Lagore bead (cat. numbers 14.1)
Figure 42: This bead displays a more haphazard composition (cat. numbers 14.2)
Figure 43: A typical example of a class 15 bead composed of opaque glass of a white shade
Figure 44: A typical class 15 bead of semi-translucent dark blue glass
Figure 45: The bead while of small dimension displays the same workmanship seen on the larger globular beads (cat. numbers 15A .2)
Figure 46: A class 16 bead showing the proportional perforation and the smooth and rounded edges typical of this class
Figure 47: A typical class 17 bead
Figure 48: A typical spherical bead
Table 2: Classification Table
Figure 49: While the body of the beads can be composed in a variety of colours they all display similar randomly placed and sized inserts in a range of colours as seen on this specimen (cat. numbers Gui S8xii. 1)
Figure 50: The jagged perforation edge at the lower end may indicate that the beads may originally have had more than two segments (cat. numbers Bru. CS.2)
Figure 51: (cat. numbers Bru. CS.1)
Figure 52: (cat. numbers Gui. M. 1)
Figure 53: This bead displays the very distinctive decoration that characterises this type (cat. numbers Gui. S2v. (a))
Figure 54: (cat. numbers Koch. 20Y.1), (after Hughes 1980)
Figure 55: (cat. numbers Koch 49/50.1), (after Hughes 1980)
Figure 56: (cat. numbers Gui. S5iia.1)
Figure 57: (cat. numbers And. 0772.1)
Figure 58: (cat. numbers Sieg 35.20/35.24 .2)
Figure 59: (cat. numbers Sieg. 35.20/35.24.1)
Figure 60: (cat. numbers Fra. Type .1 and Fra. Type.2)
Figure 78: The possible composition of necklace (after Lynn and McDowell 2011, Pl. 18.1).
Figure 79: A typical class 16 bead of blue glass embellishes a bronze pinches
Figure 80: Close up of the head of the glass toped pin from Drummiller Rocks, Dromore.
Table 3: Imported beads
Chapter 5: Context and Dating of the Classes
Deer Park Farms ringfort, Company Antrim.
The chronology and dating of the site
The excavation nomenclature
The Beads
Phase 2 bead
Phase 3 beads
Phase 4 beads
Phases 2-5 bead
Phases 3-5 bead
The Rath Period Beads, Phases 2-6
Phase 6 beads
Phase 6a beads
Phases 4-5 beads
Phases 5
Phase 6b beads
The Raised Rath Period Phases 7-13
Phase 7 beads
Phase 8 beads
Phases 8-10 beads
Phase 10 beads
Phase 9 beads
Phases 8-12 beads
Phases 9-10 beads
Phase 11 beads
Phase 12 beads
Phase 13 beads
Souterrain Period beads
Summary of the dating evidence
Unstratified beads
Lagore Crannóg Company Meath
The structure of the site
Chronology of the site
Dating of the site
Re-interpretation of the chronology
The association of finds to Periods
The Excavation Record
Limitations of the excavation report
The Beads
Period I bead
Period Ia beads
Period Ib beads
Period II beads
Period III beads
The unstratified beads
The 'old finds'
Summary of the dating evidence
Clonmacnoise Ecclesiastical Centre Company Offaly
The Beads
Summary of dating evidence
Caherlehillian Ecclesiastical Settlement Company Kerry
The Beads
Summary of the dating evidence
Garranes ringfort Company Cork
The excavation record
The Beads
The site D beads
The 1991/92 excavation beads
The site A beads
The site C beads
Summary of the dating evidence
Two Ring-Forts at Garryduff Company Cork.
Limitations of the excavation report
The beads
Period I beads
Period II beads
Old find
Ballinderry Crannóg No. 2 Company Offaly.
Limitations of the excavation report
Chronology and dating of the site
Summary of dating evidence
The Beads
Summary of the dating evidence.

Glass beads from early medieval Ireland : classification, dating, social performance / Mags Mannion.

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