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Michael
J. Enright.
The Sutton Hoo Sceptre and the Roots of Celtic Kingship.
Dublin: Four Courts Press, due Winter 2002.
160pp, ills.
ISBN
185182636X.
Publisher's
recommended price €55/£39.50/$65
The
Sutton Hoo whetstone
sceptre is the most enigmatic and mysterious emblem of kingship of the
early Middle Ages. Produced c.600 AD and long held to be Anglo-Saxon,
the
author of the present work argued in 1983 that it was actually made by
Celtic craftsmen who deployed Celtic iconographic themes in its
carving.
That thesis is now accepted by many scholars but continues to be a
matter
of debate. Enright establishes that the sceptre is undoubtedly a
British
artefact, one that reflects a long history of Celtic kingship theory.
It
is the end of a tradition that begins with the Iron Age Pfalzfeld
pillar.
Because the sceptre’s design reflects that of the pillar, a comparison
of their creators’ ideas is possible.
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