The Cuerdale Hoard and related Viking-Age silver and gold from Britain and Ireland in the British Museum / James Graham-Campbell ; with contributions by Barry Ager ... [et al.] ; original drawings by Karen Hughes
ch. 1 The Collection of Viking-Age Cold and Silver from Britain and Ireland in the British Museum / James Graham-Campbell -- The scope of the catalogue -- The history of the collection -- An evaluation -- Exclusions -- ch. 2 The Discovery and Dispersal of the Cuerdale Hoard / James Graham-Campbell -- The sources -- The discovery (15 May 1840) -- The Treasure Trove claim -- The Ìnquisition' (15 August 1840) -- ̀Treasure Trove at Cuerdale' -- Distribution -- Conclusions -- ch. 3 The Cuerdale Coins / Marion Archibald -- Reconstructing the coin contents of the Cuerdale hoard -- The coin components -- Testing, Marion Archibald -- Dating -- The coins in context -- Conclusion -- ch. 4 Classification and Discussion of the Objects from the Cuerdale Hoard: Part 1: Ingots / Hero Granger-Taylor -- Scope -- Definitions and classifications -- Textile Impressions on five silver ingots, Hero Granger-Taylor -- Cross-marked ingots in Britain and Ireland -- Other silver ingots: Goldsborough, Co. Cork, Ballaquayle and Tiree hoards -- Silver ingot hoards -- Gold ingot from Co. Cork -- Casting waste, sheet scrap, etc. -- ch. 5 Classification and Discussion of the Objects: Part 2; Rings / John Sheehan -- Introduction -- ̀Bullion-rings' -- John Sheehan -- Spiral-rings -- Neck-rings -- Arm-rings, with a contribution on ̀Hiberno-Scandinavian broad-band arm-rings' -- John Sheehan -- Finger-rings -- ch. 6 Classification and Discussion of the Objects: Part 3: Brooches and Miscellaneous / Barry Ager -- Brooches, pins and buckle(s) -- Brooches: Group 1 (Irish tradition) -- Brooches: Group 2 (Scandinavian/Baltic tradition) -- Brooches: Group 3 (Anglo-Saxon tradition) -- Brooches: Group 4 (Frankish tradition) -- Pins -- Buckle(s) -- Beads, rings, chains, wires and filigree fragments -- Pendants -- The Halton Moor gold discs, Barry Ager -- Miscellaneous (non-Scandinavian) artefacts -- Hoard containers -- ch. 7 The Halton Moor Cup and the Carolingian Metalwork in the Cuerdale Hoard / Egon Wamers -- The Halton Moor Cup -- Carolingian filigree fragments from the Cuerdale hoard -- Carolingian belt-fittings from the Cuerdale hoard -- ch. 8 Manufacture and Decoration / James Graham-Campbell -- Casting -- Hammering (forging/smithing) -- Stamping -- Brambling -- Incised decoration -- Wire-drawing -- ch. 9 Contents and Contexts: A Discussion / James Graham-Campbell -- Reasons for deposition -- Hoards -- Single-finds -- The wider context -- Envoi -- Handlists / James Graham-Campbell -- 1. Viking-age and twelfth-century coin hoards found in Britain and Ireland containing non-numismatic gold and silver -- 2. Viking-age gold rings found in Britain and Ireland -- 3. Cold and silver Thor's hammer pendants from England -- Catalogue / James Graham-Campbell -- Introduction and notes to the catalogue entries -- pt. I Viking-age Hoards: Mixed and Coinless (1-16) -- 1. Cuerdale, near Preston, Lancs -- 2. Flusco Pike 1, near Penrith, Cumbria -- 3. Goldsborough, near Knaresborough, North Yorks -- The coins from Goldsborough / Gareth Williams -- 4. Halton Moor, near Lancaster, Lanes -- 5. Lark Hill, near Worcester, Worcs -- 6. Shotton Hall, near Sunderland, Co. Durham -- 7. Soberton, Hants -- 8. Near Athlone, Co. Westmeath(?) -- 9. Co. Cork -- 10. Scattery Island (Inis Cathaig), Co. Clare -- 11. Unprovenanced, Ireland -- 12. Ballacamaish, Kirk Andreas -- 13. Ballaquayle (Douglas), Onchan -- 14. Inch Kenneth, Argyll -- 15. Tiree, Argyll -- 16. Unprovenanced, Scotland -- pt. II Single-finds of Viking-age Cold and Silver (17-41) -- Appendices / Gareth Williams -- Appendix 1 A Thor's Hammer Pendant, ̀reputedly' from near Carlisle -- Appendix 2 The Cuerdale Hoard: Fakes and False Provenances -- 1. Fake Cuerdale ̀mark' ingot, Susan Kruse -- 2. ̀Cuerdale' silver cylindrical ingot -- 3. Two ̀Cuerdale' silver penannular arm-rings -- 4. Hiberno-Scandinavian broad-band silver penannular arm-ring from ǹear Oxford' -- 5. Viking-age silver penannular finger-ring from Forkhill, Co. Armagh -- 6. Unprovenanced Merovingian silver penannular arm-ring, with a discussion by Martin Welcht -- 7. Four nineteenth-century Indian silver penannular rings -- Appendix 3 The Cuerdale Hoard: The Duchy of Lancaster's Distribution-Lists (B8) -- 1. ̀Distribution of...Coins up to the 3rd September 1841' -- 2. ̀Distribution of the Coins continued from 3rd September 1841 to 6 July 1846' -- 3. Additional recipients -- 4. The recipients: a note -- Appendix 4 Summary List of Coins in the Cuerdale Hoard now in the British Museum / Gareth Williams -- Appendix 5 List of Coins in the Goldsborough Hoard / Gareth Williams