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What was Poulnabourne portal dolmen built on

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Limestone pavement and surrounded by a low mound of rocks
Mound of rocks would have added support to the upright stones, which are otherwise only supported by the weight of the capstone

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Where were the different metals found during the bronze age

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Copper - mount gabriel west cork
Silver - silvermines tipperary
Gold - rivers and streams wicklow hills

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Non- representational

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Purely aesthetic - bronze age art

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Metallurgy

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The beaker people brought this to ireland

It is the scienc eand technology of usinf metals

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Gold disc

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Tedavent co monaghan

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Annealed

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Heated and allowed to cool slowly

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Secular

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For decorative rather than religious purposes

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Gold lunula

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Ross , co Westmeath

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Lunula locking device

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Slightly thicker ends in a paddle shape that can be turned to form a locking device

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Decoration lunula

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Four bands of horizontal decoration composed of two paralell lines with chevrone strokes inside and bordered by triangles above

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Qualities of bronze age design

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Secular
Abstract
Geometric

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Ribbon torc

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Near belfast

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Flange torc technique

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Hammering flanges out from the angles of square or triangular bars before twisting
Can be varied by varying the lengths of the flanges

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Armlets

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Derrinboy , Co Offaly

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Gold fibula

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Clones, Co Monaghan

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Casting

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Molten metal poured into a mould to create a shape

  • gold fibula
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Soldered

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Joined together

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Gleninsheen gorget

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Gleninsheen , Co Clare

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Terminals

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The discs at the end of a connecting thingy

Eg gleninsheen gorget or gold fibula

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Lough Gur Sheild

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Lough Gur Co Limerick

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Years bronze age

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2015 - 1205

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Iron Age intro

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Hallstatt celts brought iron work to britain
Irish export industry

La tene - lake neuchatel in switzerland

Ireland free from invasion for 1000 years

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La tene designs

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Rich and controlled
Based mainly on the circle
Geometric yet irregular or spontaneous

Mainly a continuation of the bronze age but with new motifs added- mainly plant forms
Curvilinear 
Triskeles
Trumpet curves
Spirals
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Loughnashade trumpet

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Loughnashade co antrim

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Pelta motif
A linked pair of symmetrical spirals
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Two eras of la tene
Insular la tene | Ultimate la tene
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Turoe stone
Granite Connemara Insular la tene Greek inspired step pattern
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Broighter collar
Derry
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Chasing
A technique where the background of the design is hammered until the design stands up in relief
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S scrolls
A curved s spiral, on the broightr collar
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Lentoids
A high relief shape like a circle om the broighter collar
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Boss
Just a big fat raised thing
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Buffer terminals
The locking drums on the broighter collar
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Loughnashade trumpet
Loughnashade, Armagh
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An ultimate la tene design
The loughnashade trumpet | The turoe stone
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An insular la tene design
The broighter collar | The petrie crown
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The people ireland werent invaded by leaving them free to develop their artwork
Iron age - celts | Early christian period - the romans
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Reask pillar
Co Kerry
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Maltese cross
The cross on the reask pillar | Shows christian missionary travels to Europe and the East
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Celtic influence
The spirals
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Duvillaun slab
Co mayo
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Fahan mura slab
Co Donegal
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Ribbon interlace
Found on the fahan mura slab and the book of durrow
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Greek cross
On the fahan mura slab
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Carndonagh cross
Co Donegal
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triskele
3 birds on the carndonagh cross
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greek cross with ribbon lacing
found on both the carndonagh cross and the fahan mura slab
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cross of moone
co kildare
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muiredach cross
monasterboice, co Louth
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who was monasterboice founded by
St Buithe Mac Bronach | it was a prosperous centre for learning
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east face of muiredach cross
bottom - adam and eve with cain killing abel second - david and goliath with saul and jonathan third - moses striking the rock and crowd of onlookers top - adoration of the magi across the arms is the last judgement with the saved on christs right and the damned on the left
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west face of muiredachs cross
the cats and the central crucifxion scene
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the cathach
sixth cenury st columba battle of cuil dreimhne o donnels into battle - battler
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diminuendo
the letters gradually getting
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book of durrow
offaly , columban monsatry of durrow | a gospel book
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coptic influences
the carpet pages in the book of durrow and the singular carpet page in the book of kells
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evangelist
meol
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excrement
a bath of water and lime
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pumice stone
a stone used to rub calf vellum smooth after it had been scraped free of hair and impurities
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a codex
a section of folded pages
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yellow
ox gall or yellow arsenic sulphate
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millefiori decoration
a technique where different colours of glass are laid side by side to form a pattern
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designs on the carpet page
``` triskeles double armed cross 8 squares animal interlace ornamental beasts ```
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animal interlace
st johns gospel
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initial letter page
st marks gospel | much greater use of diminuendo thn the cathach
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triquetra knot
a symbol of the trinity found in the a in chi ro
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goldsmith
the chi ro | 8 circles
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portraitist
portrait of christ st matthew st john
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the illustrator
the virgin and child the arrest of christ the temptation
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xpi b generatio
now the birth of jesus christ
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cult of relics
monastries housed the relics of saints, the cult of relics became a major factor influencing architecture
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pilgrimage roads
devout chistians would undertake long pilgrimages in order to see these relics. these routes were known as pilgrimage roads
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master masons
people skilled in building techniques | they were very rare in europe but they were in lombardy northern italy
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romanesque church used fo pilgrimages
st sernins basilica, toulouse, situated along the route to santiago de compostela
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clerestory
a row of windows on the second level of the nave to let in light
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voussoirs
wedge shaped stones used to built romanesque barrel and groin vaults
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romanesque tympanum
st lazare autun by gislebertus - the last judgement
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the carved capitals by gislebertus
the suicide of judas | the dream of the magi
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religious instructional function
inform about religion
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stylised
cartoony/unrealistic
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first gothic appearance
ile de france north of paris - the abbey church of st Denis | abbot suger
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tracery
ornamental stonework of delicate lacelike patterns that supported the glass in the window
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three gothic stages
transitional rayonnant flamboyant
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chartes cathedral shape
latin cross
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triforium
the space above the nave arcade, below the clerestory- sometimes used as a walkway
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west door of chartres cathedral
column of statues represent men and women from new and old testament triangular tympanums have sculptures of the virgn mary and the christ in majesty
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didactic
for teaching purposes
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reims cathedral sculpture
``` annuciation and visitation angel of reims virgin of the anunnciation mary elizabeth ```
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claus sluter
fons vitae - fountain of everlasting life old testament prophets limestone
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private devotion
private prayer

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