
The Picts
Including Guides to St Vigeans Museum and Meigle Museum
Jill Harden(Author)
Andrew Burnet(Editor)
Historic Environment Scotland (Publisher)
Published on 24. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-84917-034-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Picts were a sophisticated and powerful people who dominated much of what is now Scotland for hundreds of years, before uniting with the Gaels to form the nation of Alba (later Scotland). Their language has all but disappeared, but their cultural heritage survives, above all in the form of hundreds of incised and carved stones, many marked with their distinctive symbols.
Pictish symbols have provoked much curiosity and prompted many interpretations, some more fanciful than others. They are still the subject of debate among experts.
This extensively illustrated book explores all the available information on the Picts in an appealing, accessible and authoritative way. It also includes full guides to the important collections of Pictish carved stones at St Vigeans in Angus and Meigle in Perth & Kinross.
Pictish symbols have provoked much curiosity and prompted many interpretations, some more fanciful than others. They are still the subject of debate among experts.
This extensively illustrated book explores all the available information on the Picts in an appealing, accessible and authoritative way. It also includes full guides to the important collections of Pictish carved stones at St Vigeans in Angus and Meigle in Perth & Kinross.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 271 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
332 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84917-034-5 (9781849170345)
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