Catherine Johns

Timothy W. Potter

Pieces together archaeological evidence with fragmentary writings of Caesar, Tacitus, and others to give a picture of Roman Britain

Roman Britain

A priest unable to contain his desires; a schoolgirl starved for affection and hoping to escape from a violent, alcoholic father - this is the story of MAGGIE, based on an incredible true story. Dreaming of breaking free from her troubled family, Maggie becomes entangled instead in a taboo relationship - first at school in the Hunter Valley, then at university in Sydney - with the older Father Nihill. As a result, Maggie's hopes of freedom and success seem thwarted. Yet exile and banishment lead her in unexpected directions. Balancing deceptively spare prose and descriptions of 1960s Australian life that are by turns starkly confronting and exquisitely beautiful, MAGGIE is the story of a complex, forbidden relationship and a woman who both loses and finds herself anew.

Maggie

Andrew Burnett

The Roman treasure found in 1985 at Snettisham, Norfolk, consists of a collection of silver jewellery, coins, engraved gemstones and scrap silver carefully packed into a small pottery jar and hidden for safe-keeping in the middle of the second century AD. It was evidently part of the stock of a local jeweller's workshop, and as such is so far unique in the Roman world. This catalogue, illustrated throughout, brings together a team of expert contributors from the British Museum and elsewhere to produce an authoritative account of the treasure. The hoard as a whole has proved exceptionally informative, demonstrating the close association between silver- and gold-smiths and gem-engravers and confirming that silver coins were hoarded and used to make jewellery. Although of a modest quality when compared with the many gold ornaments which survive from the period, the range of types found within a single workshop at one point in time provides a new and sounder basis for the close dating of other finds of provincial Roman jewellery.

The Snettisham Roman Jeweller's Hoard

Erotic Images of Greece and Rome

Sex Or Symbol

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sex Or Symbol?

Chronicles the diverse roles the horse has played in human warfare, travel, ceremony, hunting, racing, and myth and symbolism as viewed in this collection of four-color illustrations of British Museum artworks and artifacts that trace perceptions of the horse through time and space.

History, Myth, Art

Horses

Autobiography of a woman who was reared partly by her father as he tramped the inland roads, and her grandparents who lived in the suburbs. A story containing both humour and tragedy and told with 'unflinching honesty'. Details the author's long involvement with and great love of horses. Includes photographs.

A Tough and Tender Life

A Resilient Spirit

Malcolm Coulthard

David Brazil

Designed to accompany the authors' book of the same title. The tape provides 2 separate sets of examples for each chapter. They illustrate the text and are numbered to correspond to the identification designations that occur in parentheses in the book. There are also additional examples and transcriptions.

Discourse Intonation and Language Teaching

Dr Catherine Johns

This work provides a survey of the jewellery of Roman Britain. Fully illustrated and accessible to both the specialist and amateur enthusiast, it surveys the full range of personal ornament worn in Britain during the Roman period, the 1st to 4th centuries AD. It emphasizes the presence of two distinct cultural and artistic traditions, the classical element introduced by the Romans and the indigeneous Celtic background. The interaction of these traditions affected all aspects of Romano-British life and is illustrated in the jewellery.; The meaning and significance of personal ornament in a wide range of cultures is discussed, including such matters as symbolism and the display of wealth and status. The principal types of Romano-British jewellery are classified in detail, drawing attention to those which can be relatively closely dated. The coverage is not restricted to precious-metal objects, but includes jewellery made of base metals and materials such as bone, jet and glass. The final chapter is devoted to the techniques of manufacture, a subject which has become better understood in recent years as a result of scientific advances. The book should appeal to anyone who practices, teaches or studies Roman archaeology, together with all those with a professional or amateur interest in the history of jewellery and design.

Celtic and Classical Traditions

The Jewellery Of Roman Britain

This book provides a complete, illustrated inventory of the items in the treasure, other than the coins, which have been published in a separate volume. It catalogues over 400 items, including the objects made of organic materials, which, though individually small, are rare discoveries, and the iron nails and other fittings from the chest that originally contained the treasure. --

Gold Jewellery and Silver Plate

The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure

The juxtaposition and explanation of images as diverse as Greek pottery, Victorian jewelry, Assyrian sculpture, and Japanese netsuke, illuminates our understanding of the place of dogs in human society around the world. This book explores these cultural expressions and reflections of our deep and long-standing interest in dogs.

Catherine Johns

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