O M Dalton
Biographic Data
| ID | 688446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | O M Dalton |
| GIVEN NAMES | O M |
| FAMILY NAME | Dalton |
| SIGNATURE | DALTON O M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1898 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Treasure of the Oxus with Other Examples of Early Oriental Metal-Work
The Treasure of the Oxus, with Other Examples of Early Oriental Metal-Work
II.— Early Chessmen of Whale's Bone excavated in Dorset
The very interesting chessmen illustrated on pls. v and vi were found during excavations carried out by Mrs. McGeagh at Witchampton Manor about five miles NNW of Wimborne. The work revealed the foundations of buildings regarded as mainly of medieval origin, though a British fibula and a quantity of Roman pottery, chiefly in fragments, have also come to light
VIII.— The Warden Abbey and Chichester Croziers
This graceful crozier-head (pi. xxxvn, fig. 1) was found in December 1838 in a stone coffin containing an imperfect skeleton, on ground to the north-east of the cloisters supposed to have been the cemetery of the Abbey. It is of latten, and cast hollow, as may be seen in a damaged part on one side of the volute. The stem is eight-sided; in place of a socket at the base, it has a tang driven into the top of the wooden staff, a short piece of which…
III.— A Portable Dial in the form of a book, with Figures derived from Raymond Lul
The dial forming the subject of this paper, acquired by the British Museum in 1923, is of gilt copper, made in the form of a book, along the edges of which are inscribed in capitals the words: Lucerna instrumentalis | intellectus directiva | sive instrumentum sciendi . The dial-plate which is fixed in the interior has a compass and two very short gnomons. It is for use in the latitudes of 42 and 45, and would serve for Rome and one of the large t…
Notes on Two Medieval Objects
The beautiful gold ring here illustrated (fig. I) was dug up in 1924 at Cannington, near Bridgwater. The high bezel contains a dark cabochon sapphire held by claws, the sides being ornamented with birds in pierced work. The hoop is engraved with the Angelic Salutation in capitals which include uncial forms ; it is flat sided, the surfaces sloping away to the outer edge, which is enriched by a pearled band and a raised quatrefoil at the back. The …
Sarmatian Ornaments from Kerch in the British Museum, compared with Anglo-Saxon and Merovingian ornaments in the same collection
In 1923 the British Museum purchased the series of barbaric ornaments and jewels in the collection of the late General Bertier Delagarde, a well-known Russian archaeologist. The acquisition was made in order to secure a more worthy representation of the culture from which the industrial art of the early Teutonic tribes, including that of the Anglo-Saxons, derived its most characteristic features. We are now able to see in proximity examples illus…
A Late-Antique Ivory Pyxis
The cylindrical box ( pyxis ) illustrated in the plates, now in private possession, belongs to a small class carved with pagan subjects; the majority of pyxides are Christian. When Graeven issued his series of photographs of antique carvings in ivory and bone about twenty years ago, the number of pagan examples only amounted to a dozen, with a few fragments, and two among them, those with Orpheus and the beasts, at Bobbio and Florence respectivel…
VIII.— On Two Medieval Bronze Bowls in the British Museum
Bronze bowls engraved in the interior with figure subjects during the Romanesque period are relatively numerous. But those with associated scenes or consecutive stories are few, and it is to this class that the two examples described in this paper belong, one having scenes derived from a Christian legend, the other subjects from classical mythology. The first, found in London, was formerly in the collection of Mr. W. Ransom of Hitchin; the second…
L'ancien art Serbe: Les Églises. By Gabriel Millet, 123⁄4 × 10; pp. 208. Paris; E. de Boccard. 1919
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A Late-Medieval Bracer in the British Museum
The archer's bracer illustrated in the fig. on p. 209 is of cuir bouilli, the ornament on the outer side consisting of a rose crowned, a design of oak leaves and acorns treated in a conventional manner, and the words (Jesus help). A tradition, apparently not very ancient, associated this rare and interesting object with certain relics of Henry VI once at Bolton Hall, near Sawley, in Bowland (Bolland), Yorkshire. I have failed to find confirmation…
A Carved Ivory Fragment of the Twelfth Century Discovered at St. Albans
The conditions under which the beautiful carved ivory fragment illustrated on pl. I, fig. 1, was discovered may be given in the words of Mr. H. H. King, through whose friendly intervention it has been added to the collections in the British Museum. The discovery was made in 1920 on Mr. King's land by his gardener, in the spring following the filling in of the trenches which he describes, while fragments of tile and stone were being collected from…
Roman Spoons from Dorchester
The silver spoons in the Dorchester Museum, exhibited by Capt. Acland, F.S.A., were discovered in 1898 or 1899 on the Somerleigh Court Estate, in Dorchester, a prolific Roman site. The coins belonging to the find, over fifty in number, are all siliquae , dating from Julian II to Honorius (A. D. 360–400); among them is one coin of Licinius I, A. D. 317, which is probably intrusive. The coins, examined by my colleague, Mr. H. Mattingly, and to be p…
A Coptic Wall-Painting from Wadi Sarga
A Coptic Wall-Painting from Wadi Sarga
VI.— The Clephane Horn
The horn, belonging to the Marquess of Northampton, is in some respects the most remarkable of its class, the class, that is, of the so-called oliphants, which, as far as our evidence goes, were made between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. The style and character of its ornament place it among the rarest and finest examples known; even the serious damage which it has suffered in the course of years cannot rob it of this distinction
XVIII.— Mediaeval personal ornaments from Chalcis in the British and Ashmolean Museums
The publication of the Italian armour from the Castle of Chalcis recalls the existence of other antiquities of similar date and origin discovered in the same place, and now preserved in the British and Ashmolean Museums. While the objects described by Mr. ffoulkes are all military, those with which we are here concerned were made for civil uses. They are personal ornaments, and illustrate in a pleasing fashion the knightly civilization in Greece …
XI.— On a Silver Bowl and Cover of the Ninth or Tenth Century
The silver vessel here illustrated (Plate XLVII. bwas acquired many years ago by Sir A. W. Franks, and at his death passed by bequest to the British Museum. It is a deep bowl, with a cover made to be lifted by a projecting handle in the form of a quatrefoil upon a vertical stem, the height, without the cover, being 31⁄2 inches. The whole of the exterior both of bowl and cover is richly decorated with designs in relief. Four equidistant panels eac…
XIII.— On a Persian Silver Dish of the Fourth Century
The silver dish reproduced on Plate XLVIII. is a small but remarkably perfect representative of its class, and was acquired by the British Museum in the course of last year. The subject is a hunting scene, introducing the Sassanian monarch Sapor II. ( c. A.D. 310 to A.D. 380), the conqueror of the Emperor Julian. The king, who is recognized by the form of his headdress, is seen giving the coup de grâce to a stag, while a second stag is already la…
The Animal-Headed Figure on the Franks Casket
XVII.— On a Set of Table-knives in the British Museum made for John the Intrepid, Duke of Burgundy
In the year 1855 the British Museum acquired a set of four knives with enamelled handles in a leather case decorated with incised designs. The handles are richly ornamented with shields of arms, mottoes, and floral motives in translucent enamel upon silver, the grip having in addition strips of the speckled maple-wood used in the manufacture of mazers. These knives deserve description and careful illustration both for their artistic merit and als…
Gandhara Sculptures
Machine-Made Eoliths
Easter Island: Script
On an Inscribed Wooden Tablet from Easter Island (Rapa Nui), in the British Museum
Although the Polynesians were able to represent humani, animal, and natural forms, which in some cases they conventionalised to a remarkable degree, nowhere but in Easter Island, the extreme outpost of the race, do we find anything approaching a regular system of writing.Here and there we hear of chiefs attesting, treaties with Europeans by " making their marks ; btut in one of the recorded instances the Mlaories used signs resembling their tatto…
The Treasure of the Oxus, with Other Examples of Early Oriental Metal-Work
Roman Spoons from Dorchester
The silver spoons in the Dorchester Museum, exhibited by Capt. Acland, F.S.A., were discovered in 1898 or 1899 on the Somerleigh Court Estate, in Dorchester, a prolific Roman site. The coins belonging to the find, over fifty in number, are all siliquae , dating from Julian II to Honorius (A. D. 360–400); among them is one coin of Licinius I, A. D. 317, which is probably intrusive. The coins, examined by my colleague, Mr. H. Mattingly, and to be p…
The Treasure of the Oxus with Other Examples of Early Oriental Metal-Work
On an Inscribed Wooden Tablet from Easter Island (Rapa Nui), in the British Museum
Although the Polynesians were able to represent humani, animal, and natural forms, which in some cases they conventionalised to a remarkable degree, nowhere but in Easter Island, the extreme outpost of the race, do we find anything approaching a regular system of writing.Here and there we hear of chiefs attesting, treaties with Europeans by " making their marks ; btut in one of the recorded instances the Mlaories used signs resembling their tatto…
Sarmatian Ornaments from Kerch in the British Museum, compared with Anglo-Saxon and Merovingian ornaments in the same collection
In 1923 the British Museum purchased the series of barbaric ornaments and jewels in the collection of the late General Bertier Delagarde, a well-known Russian archaeologist. The acquisition was made in order to secure a more worthy representation of the culture from which the industrial art of the early Teutonic tribes, including that of the Anglo-Saxons, derived its most characteristic features. We are now able to see in proximity examples illus…
The Animal-Headed Figure on the Franks Casket
The Gilded Glasses of the Catacombs
Works of Art from Benin City
An Ethnographical Collection from Ecuador
Works of Art from Benin City
An Ethnographical Collection from Ecuador
Note on a Specimen of Basket-Work from California, Recently Acquired by the British Museum
The Gilded Glasses of the Catacombs
On Carved Doorposts from the West Coast of Africa
IX.— On some points in the History of Inlaid Jewellery
The Early Teutonic jewellery ornamented with garnets and glass pastes, frequently known as Orfévrerie Cloisonnée , has been so extensively discussed that it may appear almost superfluous to draw attention to it once more. But the publication in the following pages of objects now in the British Museum will, it is hoped, supply fresh links in the chain of evidence connecting it with the East; for it is now universally agreed that this kind of jewel…
Further Note on Reproductions of Nahua Manuscripts
Reproductions of Nahua Manuscripts
XIX.— On a Carved Ivory Pyx in the British Museum
The pyx illustrated in Plate XXXIII., and acquired by the British Museum in the present year, was formerly in the possession of the Reverend Walter Sneyd, of Keele Hall, where it had been preserved for about half a century. It was exhibited at the Art Treasures Exhibition at Manchester in 1857 and again at South Kensington in 1862, has been figured, though imperfectly, by Grarrucci and Rohault de Fleury, and cast for the series issued by the Arun…
Note on an Unusually Fine Bronze Figure from Benin
Easter Island: Script
On an Inscribed Wooden Tablet from Easter Island (Rapa Nui), in the British Museum
Although the Polynesians were able to represent humani, animal, and natural forms, which in some cases they conventionalised to a remarkable degree, nowhere but in Easter Island, the extreme outpost of the race, do we find anything approaching a regular system of writing.Here and there we hear of chiefs attesting, treaties with Europeans by " making their marks ; btut in one of the recorded instances the Mlaories used signs resembling their tatto…
Machine-Made Eoliths
XVII.— On a Set of Table-knives in the British Museum made for John the Intrepid, Duke of Burgundy
In the year 1855 the British Museum acquired a set of four knives with enamelled handles in a leather case decorated with incised designs. The handles are richly ornamented with shields of arms, mottoes, and floral motives in translucent enamel upon silver, the grip having in addition strips of the speckled maple-wood used in the manufacture of mazers. These knives deserve description and careful illustration both for their artistic merit and als…
Gandhara Sculptures
The Animal-Headed Figure on the Franks Casket
XI.— On a Silver Bowl and Cover of the Ninth or Tenth Century
The silver vessel here illustrated (Plate XLVII. bwas acquired many years ago by Sir A. W. Franks, and at his death passed by bequest to the British Museum. It is a deep bowl, with a cover made to be lifted by a projecting handle in the form of a quatrefoil upon a vertical stem, the height, without the cover, being 31⁄2 inches. The whole of the exterior both of bowl and cover is richly decorated with designs in relief. Four equidistant panels eac…
XIII.— On a Persian Silver Dish of the Fourth Century
The silver dish reproduced on Plate XLVIII. is a small but remarkably perfect representative of its class, and was acquired by the British Museum in the course of last year. The subject is a hunting scene, introducing the Sassanian monarch Sapor II. ( c. A.D. 310 to A.D. 380), the conqueror of the Emperor Julian. The king, who is recognized by the form of his headdress, is seen giving the coup de grâce to a stag, while a second stag is already la…
XVIII.— Mediaeval personal ornaments from Chalcis in the British and Ashmolean Museums
The publication of the Italian armour from the Castle of Chalcis recalls the existence of other antiquities of similar date and origin discovered in the same place, and now preserved in the British and Ashmolean Museums. While the objects described by Mr. ffoulkes are all military, those with which we are here concerned were made for civil uses. They are personal ornaments, and illustrate in a pleasing fashion the knightly civilization in Greece …
VI.— The Clephane Horn
The horn, belonging to the Marquess of Northampton, is in some respects the most remarkable of its class, the class, that is, of the so-called oliphants, which, as far as our evidence goes, were made between the tenth and thirteenth centuries. The style and character of its ornament place it among the rarest and finest examples known; even the serious damage which it has suffered in the course of years cannot rob it of this distinction
A Coptic Wall-Painting from Wadi Sarga
A Coptic Wall-Painting from Wadi Sarga
VIII.— On Two Medieval Bronze Bowls in the British Museum
Bronze bowls engraved in the interior with figure subjects during the Romanesque period are relatively numerous. But those with associated scenes or consecutive stories are few, and it is to this class that the two examples described in this paper belong, one having scenes derived from a Christian legend, the other subjects from classical mythology. The first, found in London, was formerly in the collection of Mr. W. Ransom of Hitchin; the second…
L'ancien art Serbe: Les Églises. By Gabriel Millet, 123⁄4 × 10; pp. 208. Paris; E. de Boccard. 1919
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Late-Medieval Bracer in the British Museum
The archer's bracer illustrated in the fig. on p. 209 is of cuir bouilli, the ornament on the outer side consisting of a rose crowned, a design of oak leaves and acorns treated in a conventional manner, and the words (Jesus help). A tradition, apparently not very ancient, associated this rare and interesting object with certain relics of Henry VI once at Bolton Hall, near Sawley, in Bowland (Bolland), Yorkshire. I have failed to find confirmation…
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