E. M. Jope, P. Jacobsthal
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Early Celtic Art in the British Isles is one of the most important works ever to be published in the field of Celtic Studies. This monumental work of
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reference is the natural successor to Paul Jacobsthal's Early Celtic Art, published by OUP in two volumes in 1944. Whereas Jacobsthal's workfocused principally on continental Europe, Jope's provides the definitive account of Celtic art in Britain. The result of over twenty years' painstaking research, Early Celtic Art in the British Isles constitutes the most definitive reference source available on the subject. Like its predecessor, Jope's work is divided into two volumes. The first volume combines a detailed description of the catalogue with a brilliant analysis of the development of Celtic art in Britain. The second volume presents a series of some seven hundred plates, line drawings and otherillustrations, making this quite simply the most complete record of Celtic art ever to be compiled.
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