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Allen was the son of George Baugh Allen.
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Classic of scholarly research explores origins of Celtic art in Britain, Ireland, and Europe. Illustrated with 44 plates of photographs and line drawings of artifacts from a variety of sites, this study traces Celtic art in the Bronze and early Iron Ages, as well as Celtic art of the Christian period.
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The civil engineer and archaeologist John Romilly Allen (1847-1907) delivered the Rhind lectures of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1885, and published them in book form in 1887. The art of pre-Norman Britain and Ireland had long been a subject of fascination for him, and in this highly illustrated book he considers the wider European context of British art, and the chronology of Christianity from the Romano-British period onwards. There is a particular focus on the Celtic crosses of Ireland, and the meaning of the sculpture on their faces, shafts and bases. Allen continues his analysis of Norman architecture up to the end of the twelfth century. The final chapter considers the symbolism of medieval bestiaries, and Allen ends with a plea for the establishment of a museum of Christian archaeology to bring together in one place all the different manifestations of British Christian art.
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Giving a comprehensive guide to the art of the Celts from the earliest evidence through to medieval Christian times, Allen’s classic volume includes a wealth of high quality illustrations, showing the intricate and beautiful designs preserved in metal, stone, bone, and manuscript.
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Allen was the son of George Baugh Allen.
He was educated at King"s College School, Rugby and King"s College London.
In 1867 he was articled to George Fosbery Lyster, engineer in chief to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, with whom he remained until 1870. He was next employed as resident engineer to the Persian railways of Baron de Reuter and afterwards in supervising the construction of docks at Leith and at Boston, Lincolnshire. Meanwhile Allen was interested in archaeology.
And he spent the rest of his life on it, and particularly on the study of prehistoric antiquities and of pre-Norman art in Great Britain.
Having begun with the antiquities of Wales, Allen from 1880 gave attention to those of Scotland also. In 1883 he was elected fellow of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, and in 1885 was Rhind Lecturer in archaeology in the University of Edinburgh.
In England, he became fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1896, editor of the Reliquary and Illustrated Archæologist in 1893. And Yates Lecturer in archæology in University College, London, for 1898.
Allen was unmarried, and during his later years made his home in London, where he died on 5 July 1907.
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His earliest contribution was to Archæologia Cambrensis ("A description of some cairns on Barry Island"), appearing in April 1873. He joined the Cambrian Archaeological Association in 1875, was elected a member of the general committee in 1877, became one of two editors of its Journal in 1889, and was sole editor from 1892 until his death.