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Dr Whitfield has written about subjects as diverse as the origins of the gold used in early Medieval Ireland and Scotland, the development of animal ornament and geometrical principles of design. Her archival studies have succeeded in identifying the find-spot of the celebrated 'Tara' brooch and in documenting panels of ornament which are now missing. In addition, she has explored early Irish texts for attitudes to jewellery and clothing, considered the brooch as an emblem of status, looked at how brooches were worn, and whether descriptions of clothing and accessories in an early Irish saga provide an accurate description of contemporary finery.
Preface
GOLD SOURCES AND WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY
Some new research on gold and gold filigree from early Medieval Ireland and Scotland
ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF INSULAR FILIGREE AND ANIMAL ORNAMENT
Motifs and techniques of Celtic filigree: are they original?
Motifs and techniques in Early Medieval Celtic filigree: their ultimate origins
Formal conventions in the depiction of animals on Celtic metalwork
A mount with Hiberno-Saxon chipcarved animal ornament from Rerrick, near Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
The earliest filigree from Ireland
BROOCHES
The original appearance of the Tara brooch
The ‘Tara’ brooch: an Irish emblem of status in its European context
More thoughts on the wearing of brooches in Early Medieval Ireland
Corinthian bronze on the ‘Tara’ brooch?
The filigree of the Hunterston and ‘Tara’ brooches
Hunterston/’Tara’ type brooches reconsidered
The Waterford kite-brooch and its place in Irish metalwork
A Viking-age brooch fragment from recent excavations at Temple Bar West, Dublin
ICONOGRAPHY
Brooch or Cross: The lozenge on the shoulder of the Book of Kells Virgin
The iconography of the Ardagh chalice
REGALIA AND EARLY IRISH LITERATURE
Aristocratic display in Early Medieval Ireland in fiction and in fact: the dazzling white tunic and purple cloak
Some Comments on the Terminology of Metalwork in Old Irish
Index