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Celtic
Cultures
Subject
Searching and browsing areas
General: encyclopedias, dictionaries and
research guides
Mythology, Religion, Literature and
related subjects
Topographical works
Collection and exhibition
catalogs
Databases
Journals and series
E-journals
Websites
Monographs in UNC Libraries
Additional background reading
Videos
Celtic revival and/or Neo-Celtic
art
Other course and research guides
Subject
Searching and Browsing Areas
To search the online catalog for
books on your subject, use the terms celtic antiquities
or art celtic for the most (broad) results. Search
also, for example, by calligraphy celtic or
decoration and ornament celtic or civilization
celtic for those subjects or by figure represented, e.g.
gods celtic or object type as well, e.g.
illumination of books and manuscripts celtic,
crosses-Ireland, sheela-na-gigs, etc.
For some specific works, sites or monuments you may search, for
example, by book of kells or book of durrow
or tara or skellig Michael or stylistic periods
la tene. Another search is mythology celtic.
Try keyword searches in addition to subject searches.
For browsing in the stacks, the general classification areas
are: for Celtic art N5925; for ancient Irish art
N6783; for costume NK4706.4; for decoration and
ornament NK1264; enameling NK5003.2 and manuscript
illumination ND2940. The following additional print,
electronic and Internet resources will be important as well.
Some of the most important are starred. If you find a
particularly useful book be sure to look for other books or
articles by that author, and always consult the bibliographies,
especially those in the
Grove. Much of the important literature will be in
archaeological publications, particularly British and French.
For additional information consult the following resources:
locate call numbers by searching online catalog by title.
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Anglo-Saxon and Celtic
Bibliography (450-1087) (Davis Reference) Indexes books and
periodicals, note: published in 1957.
Archaeological bibliography for Great Britain and Ireland (1950-80)
(Davis) Indexes books and periodicals.
British Archaeological Abstracts (1968-91) (Davis)
Indexes books and periodicals; continued by:
British Archaeological Bibliography (1992-1995)
(Davis )
*Dictionary of the Middle Ages (Art Reference)
Especially relevant, v. 3; includes succinct overview chapter on Celtic art
and also one on the Celtic Church; bibliography and numerous cross
references.
Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale (Art Reference)
Outstanding plates, bibliographies, plans etc. See esp. entry for
"Irlanda."
Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture (Davis Reference)
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Grove Dictionary of Art (Art Reference, print
and online) consult especially the chapters on Celtic art (v. 6)
and later Insular Art (v. 15, and their bibliographies, with cross
references throughout and a long bibliography for Celtic art and
its various styles and locations in Europe. See entry also for
Celtic Revival.
*Insular Art: an Annotated Bibliography (Art)
Although published in 1984, still a key source for Celtic art. Advanced
students should consult the introduction for its historiographic
content. See also the useful list of journal abbreviations.
Includes bibliography of background works on history, literature
etc. in addition to the sections on manuscripts, archaeology,
sculpture, metalwork, architecture, etc.
Manuel d'archéologie Préhistorique, Celtique et Gallo-romaine.
(Art Reserve)
Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture (Art
Reference) See the entry for Irish art, a concise overview of
Christian art in Ireland from the 5th century on.
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Celtic Christian Spirituality: an
Anthology of Medieval and Modern Sources (Davis)
Celtic Goddesses: Warriors, Virgins, and Mothers (Davis)
Celtic Hagiography and Saints' Cults (Davis)
The Celtic Heroic Age: Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe
& Early Ireland & Wales (Davis)
Celtic Saints in their Landscape (Art)
The Cycles of the Kings (Davis)
*Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend (Art Reference)
Excellent illustrated dictionary with subject index, bibliography
and illustration sources.
Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Davis Reference)
Dictionary of Celtic Religion and Culture (Davis Reference)
Gods and Heroes of the Celts (Davis)
A Guide to Irish Mythology (Davis Reference)
The Lore of Ireland: An Encyclopaedia of Myth, Legend and Romance (Davis Reference)
Motif-index of Folk-literature: a Classification of Narrative
Elements in Folk Tales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances
(Davis cd-rom) also available in the original print edition.
Myth, Legend & Romance: an Encyclopaedia of the Irish Folk
Tradition (Davis Reference)
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Topographical works
Documents d'Archéologie Francaise
(for specific sites)(Davis)
Illustrated Archaeology of Ireland (Davis and UL)
Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223? [Topographia Hibernica. English]
The history and topography of Ireland (Davis)
Historical Atlas of the Celtic World (Davis Folio)
Philip's Atlas of the Celts (Davis)
Pevsner's Buildings of. . . series (England, Ireland, Scotland,
Wales etc.)(Art)
Seward, William Wenman. Topographia Hibernica; or the topography
of Ireland, antient and modern. (Davis Microforms)
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Collection and
Exhibition Catalogs (a brief selection)
L'Art celtique en Gaule:
collections des musées de province (Art)
A catalogue of Celtic ornamental metalwork in the British Isles,
c. AD 400-1200 (Davis)
Catalogue of the Celtic coins in the British Museum: with
supplementary material from other British collections
(Davis)
The Celts (Art) Catalog of a major exhibition [I Celti] held
in Venice in 1991.
The Gauls : Celtic antiquities from France (Davis)
Das Keltische Jahrtausend (Art) Catalog of a
1993 exhibition.
Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland : Irish Antiquities
(Davis)
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Année Philologique (print edition also in Art Reference)
Art Full Text A major art database, especially useful for those
who do not read foreign languages; also search
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Academic Search Premier and
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Academic OneFile.
Art Index Retrospective (covers 1929-1984; not full text)
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
ARTstor provides curated collections of art images and associated
data for noncommercial and scholarly, non-profit educational use.
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals for architecture and
monuments. Citations, not full text.
Bibliography of the History of Art covers from late antiquity (
4th c.) to present but should still be searched as it is the most
important database for the history of art. Citations and abstracts,
not full text.
IBZ International Bibliography of Periodical Literature.
Search by "Celtic Art" and other subjects. An extremely useful
database with coverage back to 1983; about 12,000 humanities, social
sciences and art journals indexed.
Index of Christian Art Search by Insular, or work of art, e.g.
Book of Kells, or location (e.g. Durrow) or other terms, such as
Interlace, in description. Cross referenced from Hiberno-Saxon to
Insular. Bibliographies; note that not all records have images
thus far.
International Medieval Bibliography Major database; be sure to
look at the help screens and index terms. Provides access to
citations (with short abstracts) of a wide range of literature,
including essays in books, conference proceedings such as From the
Isles of the North, etc. Essential!
The Royal Historical Society Bibliography
The online bibliography of the RHSB provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British empire and commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present.
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Selected Journals
and Series
The Bulletin of the Board of
Celtic Studies (Davis)
Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies (Davis)
Études Celtiques (Davis)
Irish Arts Review (Art)
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C, Archaeology,
Celtic studies, history, linguistics and literature (Davis)
Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie (Davis)
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E-journals
Medieval studies journals such as
Gesta and
Speculum are online, and others are available full-text
online at the
E-journals section. Look under both the Art subsection
and the Classics, Medieval Studies, History,
and Religion subsections. Full text of many journals will
also be found in the large article databases such as
Academic Search Premier and
Academic OneFile, so search those as well.
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Selected
Websites
Verkerk's Celtic Art and Cultures
Book of Deer Project Includes links to some other useful
Celtic sites. See also the
Cambridge University Library for the complete digitized manuscript.
British Library For online access to the Lindisfarne Gospels.
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British Museum The extensive collections of the Museum
are searchable from the Compass (Collections database) section of
the web page. Start with a search for "Celtic," but use other
terms as well, such as "interlacing." Digitized images,
descriptions, related objects, bibliographies, etc. for the objects
in the database.
Celt: Corpus of Electronic texts
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages Citations for journal
articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues,
abstracts and discographies are included. Also included are
citations for monographs and material published in monographs and
collections of essays. Includes a list of the more than 100 journals
indexed.
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies A gateway to
other web sites for medieval studies.
National Library of Ireland Searching the library catalog
may be useful. Titles we do not have can be requested via
ILL.
See also
Worldcat.
Orb: the Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Includes and encyclopedia, a popular section for the non-specialist,
full-text and many other features. Worth exploring.
National Museum of Ireland
Trinity College Dublin Repository of the Book of Kells,
Book of Durrow, Book of Mulling, and the Book of Dimma.
The
Encyclodepia Mythica has a section on
Celtic mythology.
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Selected
Monographs in UNC Libraries
Davis. Celtic Ornament: Art of
the Scribe (Art)
Dillon and Chadwick. The Celtic Realms (Davis)
Edwards. The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland (Davis)
Green. Celtic World (Davis)
Harbison. The Golden Age of Irish Art: the Medieval Achievement,
600-1200 (Art)
Henry. Irish Art (3 volumes)(Art)
Hourihane, ed. From Ireland Coming: Irish Art from the Early
Christian to the Late Gothic Period and its European Context (Art)
Hubert. Europe of the Invasions (Art, Davis, UL)
Jacobsthal. Early Celtic Art (Art)
James. Britain and the Celtic iron age (Art)
James and Bostock. Celtic Connections (Davis)
Karkov, ed. The Insular Tradition (Art and NetLibrary online)
King. Kingdoms of the Celts: a history and a guide (Davis)
Laing. Art of the Celts (Art)
Luke. Celtic Treasury: the Art and History of the Celts (Art)
Nordenfalk. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Painting: Book Illumination
in the British Isles 600-800 (Art)
O'Loughlin. Celtic Theology: Humanity, World, and God in Early
Irish Writings (Davis)
Ross. Pagan Celtic Britain: Studies in Iconography and Tradition.
(Art and Davis)
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Additional Background Reading
(from
Celtic
Corner website)
Eluère, Christiane. 1993. The Celts:
Conquerors of Ancient Europe.
Powell, T.G.E. 1958. The Celts. (Art, Davis, UL)
Chadwick, Nora. 1971. The Celts. (Davis)
James, Simon. 1993. Exploring the World of the Celts. (Davis)
Herm, Gerhard. 1993. The Celts: The People Who Came Out of Darkness.
(Davis)
Delaney, Frank. 1986. The Celts. (Davis)
Ellis, Peter Berresford. 1990. The Celtic Empire: The First
Millenium of Celtic History 1000 BC - 51 AD. 471350-2. (Davis)
Allen, J. Romilly. 1993. Celtic Art: In Pagan and Christian
Times. (Davis)
Caesar, Julius. (trs. S. A. Handford). 1951. The Conquest of
Gaul. (UL)
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Videos
Book of Kells (UL Media Center)
Celts (Art)
In Search of Ancient Ireland (Art)
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Celtic Revival
and/or Neo-Cetic Art
Owen Jones, The Grammar of Ornament(Art cage and
Art cd-rom)
Edelstein et al. Imagining an Irish Past: the Celtic Revival,
1840-1940 (Art)
Gogan. The Ardagh chalice; a description of the ministral chalice. . .
(Davis)
Sheehy. The rediscovery of Ireland's Past: the Celtic Revival,
1830-1930 (Davis)
Smiles. The image of antiquity : ancient Britain and the romantic
imagination (Davis)
Zaczek. Ireland: land of the Celts (Davis)
Neo-Celtic Art (see National Museum of Ireland
exhibition on web page)
Note:
BHA is particularly useful for researching Celtic Revival; it is
a subject heading in the database.
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Other Course and Research
Guides
Also see the Course and Research
Guides on the Art Library Web page for
Medieval art and
Christian Iconography.
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