The Tara Brooch is an Irish Celtic brooch, dated to the late-7th or early-8th century. It is of the pseudo-penannular type (with a fully closed head or...
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archaeology, ancient European brooches are usually referred to by the Latin term fibula. One example is the Tara Brooch Brooches from antiquity and before...
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The Celtic brooch, more properly called the penannular brooch, and its closely related type, the pseudo-penannular brooch, are types of brooch clothes fasteners...
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of Tara – List of Kings of Tara (sometimes also High Kings of Ireland) Stonehenge – Ancient monument in England Tara Brooch – Irish Celtic brooch, c....
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A fibula (/ˈfɪbjʊlə/, pl.: fibulae /ˈfɪbjʊli/) is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibula developed in a variety...
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The Hunterston Brooch is a highly important Celtic brooch of "pseudo-penannular" type found near Hunterston, North Ayrshire, Scotland, in either, according...
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Keith Moon Tara Brooch, an artifact from Ireland Tara Foundation, a charity for transgender people Tara Hurdle, a horse race in Ireland Tara Mine, a zinc...
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The design of the Lindisfarne Gospels has also been related to the Tara Brooch (National Museum of Ireland, Dublin), displaying animal interlace, curvilinear...
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objects such as the Tara Brooch and Ardagh Chalice were produced. Since 1888, it has been part of the British Museum's collection. The brooch and pin were cast...
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include the Book of Kells, Lindisfarne Gospels, Book of Durrow, brooches such as the Tara Brooch and the Ruthwell Cross. Carpet pages are a characteristic feature...
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from Ireland include the Book of Kells, Muiredach's High Cross, the Tara Brooch, the Ardagh Hoard the Derrynaflan Chalice, and the late Cross of Cong...
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rest of England. Some of the metalwork masterpieces created include the Tara Brooch, the Ardagh Chalice and the Derrynaflan Chalice. New techniques employed...
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the top of society, with the most elaborate Celtic brooches, like the Tara Brooch and Hunterston Brooch, perhaps the most ornate and finely made of all....
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of which filigree is the general and most remarkable ornament. The Tara Brooch, in the National Museum of Ireland, has been copied and imitated numerous...
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competition in Ireland since 2003. In 1850 the Tara Brooch was found on the beach at Bettystown. The Tara Brooch is now on display in the National Museum of...
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innovative and significant as near contemporary examples, such as the Tara Brooch, it is formed from unusually high-quality material, including first-grade...
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Celtic Revival jewellery and other items were showcased, including the Tara Brooch, displayed with the modern imitations which were already fashionable...
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artefacts and similar items, which included such famous pieces as the Tara Brooch, the Cross of Cong and the Ardagh Chalice to what is now the National...
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from the large brooches in fibula or penannular form that were key pieces of personal adornment for elites, including the Irish Tara Brooch. Highly decorated...
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Ardagh Hoard (category Celtic brooches)
markedly with the lavish ornamental spread of the almost contemporary Tara Brooch and the still more elaborate systems of the later period. The bulk of...
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titling of the Tara Brooch, which was in reality found 28 km (17 mi) from the Hill of Tara, but was at times named the "Royal Tara Brooch". Adolf Mahr later...
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detected in later brooches from the preceding period, before much Viking influence can have made itself felt. The early 8th century Tara Brooch is the widely...
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world, was shown. The early 8th-century Tara Brooch, discovered only in 1850, the finest Irish penannular brooch, was exhibited by the Dublin jeweller George...
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English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery...
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in 1850. A local woman claimed (rather implausibly) to have found the Tara Brooch in a box buried in the sand. Many think it was in fact found inland and...
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Ardagh Chalice and Derrynaflan Chalice, and penannular brooches like the Tara Brooch and Roscrea Brooch. These works are from the period of peak achievement...
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flourished domestically, with artifacts such as the Book of Kells and Tara Brooch surviving. Clonmacnoise, Glendalough, Clonard, Durrow and Inis Cathaigh...
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Kennett Loftus (continues to 1854). Skara Brae revealed by weather. Tara Brooch (c.700 AD) found near Laytown, County Meath, Ireland. Neolithic site...
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brooch, similar in design to the Tara brooch, is in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. In addition to the brooch, a padlock was found. Some of the...
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Ship's crest of the Macha, depicting the Tara Brooch and Red Hand of Ulster....
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