Studies on the Book of Deer

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		Item Number 104093: Found 1 title Note: Use your browsers "back" button to return to your previous search. Item Number: 104093 Title: Studies on the Book of Deer Author: Forsyth, Katherine (ed) Price: $120.00 ISBN: 9781851825691 Record created on 11/13/2009 Description: Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2008. 24cm., hardcover, 481pp. illus. Summary: The tenth-century illuminated gospel-book known as the ‘Book of Deer’ has been justly described as ‘one of the principal antiquities of Celtic Scotland’. Of great historical significance in its own right, the gospel-book was used in the early twelfth century to record grants to the monastery of Deer in Aberdeenshire. These property records are the oldest surviving examples of Scottish Gaelic prose and are of unique historical and linguistic importance. In this collection of specially-commissioned essays, leading scholars from a range of disciplines, including linguistics, history, archaeology, art history, and placename studies, examine the Book of Deer, its Gaelic notes, and their wider historical and cultural context. Together they throw new light on landscape and society in Gaelic Buchan and on the Church in the North-East from Pictish times to the Reformation. Quantity requested: Purchase Order (optional): You will be able to remove items later. Back to top Note: Use your browsers "back" button to return to your previous search. Item Number 104093: Found 1 title Items added to your shopping cart can be removed before finalizing your order. Click here to perform a new search Click here to view your shopping cart. Advanced Search \| View Cart \| Join Our Mail List \| Contact Us Michael Shamansky, Bookseller Inc. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com