The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . ove the idea thatthe Scandinavians were the authors ofthis particular kind of art exhibitedby the stone crosses, as also by the se-pulchral monuments of Argyleshire;!but no such monuments are now to befound in any of the Scandinavian king-doms, and since the style must havearisen somewhere, it is surely not moredifficult to conceive of it originatino- inScotland than in Norwaj, Sweden, orDenmark. In so far as it is derived, itssuggestive originals appear to have beenmuch more Irish than Scandinavian. Itspeculiar individuality, however, arise
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . ove the idea thatthe Scandinavians were the authors ofthis particular kind of art exhibitedby the stone crosses, as also by the se-pulchral monuments of Argyleshire;!but no such monuments are now to befound in any of the Scandinavian king-doms, and since the style must havearisen somewhere, it is surely not moredifficult to conceive of it originatino- inScotland than in Norwaj, Sweden, orDenmark. In so far as it is derived, itssuggestive originals appear to have beenmuch more Irish than Scandinavian. Itspeculiar individuality, however, arisesfrom the same cause as the very singu-lar characteristics of Irish Scotland and Ireland stood moreapart than any other of the kingdomsI of Christendom from the Crusades andl!i||5 other great movements which con-ferred so remarkable a homogeneity onlona Cross medicval Europe. The earlier arts were consequently left there to develop new forms and modifications Antiquities of Argyleshire, Trnns. Cnnib. Cannlcn Soc, Part III. p.
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