The Friends Of Perth & Kinross Archive: Pictish And Medieval Sculpture In Highland Perthshire

Praktisk info

Enjoy-kode: 961933
Type
Læring
Passer for
Eldre, Ungdom, Voksne
Kilde
TheList

Tilgjengelige billetter

Torsdag
21/11 2024 kl 14:00
AK Bell Library 2--4 York Place PERTH
I samarbeid med The List

Detaljer

Although Perthshire was part of Pictland, the corpus of Early Medieval sculpture in north-west or “Highland” Perthshire comprises very few Pictish stones.  The prominence of simple crosses – linear, sunken and outline – which have their origins in the Scots’ kingdom of Dál Riata, suggests not only the spread of Christianity from the west but perhaps even gradual Scottish settlement.

In this talk, John Borland will give an overview of the early medieval sculptures of Highland Perthshire, following their distribution from west to east along the glens and straths, highlighting what is rare and unusual.  He will examine the distribution of the sculpture to see what that tells us about its cultural origins and thus assess just how “Pictish” this part of Perthshire was.

Kart