Archaeology Magazine - March 1965 - 1

Art

Britain

Under

the

Romans

By JOCELYN M. C. TOYNBEE, Cambridge University. This is the first comprehensive
study of art in Britain during four centuries of Roman rule. It surveys both imported
and domestic art objects, and assesses the role of art in Romano-British culture. The
study is intended for both the specialist and the general reader, giving detailed information on: sculpture in the round in marble, stone, bronze, and other metals; sculpture in
relief in marble and stone; fresco painting; floor mosaics; decorated silver, bronze and
iron work; decorated objects of lead, stucco, ivory, bone, jet, shale and precious stones;
figured glass, figured pottery, and other figured objects of clay and terracotta. Professor
Toynbee has included an alphabetical listing of the sites mentioned in the text, full
bibliographical notes and a select general bibliography. "Presents the reader with a
carefully gauged estimate of the taste and competence which inspired each piece, often
from very varied sources. This is a highly noteworthy achievement which could only
have been attained by an expert in Roman art and is unlikely to be attempted on this
scale again for a generation. The work is thus a landmark in the study of its subject."The Times Literary Supplement.
99 halftones, frontispiece. $18.50
of Coins
of the
British
Isles
Sylloge
The Royal Danish Collection , Copenhagen, Anglo-Saxon Coins , Part I
By GEORG GALSTER. This volume, the first of six, catalogues early British and
Anglo-Saxon coins in Denmark's extensive Royal Collection. The book contains 30 fullpage collotype plates of 833 coins, with facing descriptions. The coins, dated through
the tenth century, are listed in the order of the museum trays- primarily by kings,
chronologically, within specific regions or groups. They encompass "ancient British and
Anglo-Saxon coins before Aethelred II." The volume also contains a list of finds of
Anglo-Saxoncoins in Denmark; a reference list of donors, sales and finds applied in the
catalogue; alphabetical indices of kings, archbishops and saints, mints, moneyers and
Danish finds; and a foldout map of finds and a table of weight equivalents based on the
British Museum's Grains and Grammes.
30 pp. plates. $16.10
of the
Pharaohs
Egypt
By SIR ALAN GARDINER. The author traces Egyptian history to the time of Alexander, with emphasis on the pharaohs and philology. He discusses ancient and modern
Egyptology, the evolution of hieroglyphics and their mechanism, Egyptian land and resources, the difficulties of setting a correct dynastic chronology, the history of the pharaohs, and a prehistory of Egypt before the kings. The records of various stelae are
stressed as source material, with many translated excerpts. Each chapter closes with a
select bibliography. 22 halftones, 17 line drawings, 3 maps, index, and appendix on the
dynasties.
Oxford Paperback No. 85. $3.25
Oxford

University

Press

/ New

York
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