This book provides a multifaceted, holistic and contextual analysis of more than 2,000 Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooches. It offers a critical examination of identity in Early Medieval society, ...
Anglo-Saxon jewellers made brooches, beads and gold ornaments. At first, their artwork was pagan, but after the conversion to Christianity in the AD600s astonishing artwork was made for churches.
These Anglo-Saxon brooches (top) and this gold, bird-shaped pin (above) were discovered in a hoard buried by a wealthy Viking in Scotland. Photographs by ROBERT CLARK-WITH PERMISSION OF HISTORIC ...
More Viking Age silver has been discovered per square kilometer on the Isle of Man than in England, Ireland, Scotland, and ...
It is one of the largest Anglo-Saxon burial grounds ever uncovered ... Other items unearthed in the excavation last year include 89 brooches, more than 2,000 amber beads, 51 knives, 40 buckles ...
“The church of St. Cuthbert is spattered with the blood of the priests of God,” wrote the Anglo-Saxon scholar Alcuin ... and the other way around.” Brooches found in a graveyard in Visby ...
A replica Anglo-Saxon farm settlement is hosting finds discovered ... They include coins, gold and garnet accessories, a silver gilt horse and rider brooch - and food remains.
A seventh-century copper brooch, decorated with gold wire and ... First recorded in Anglo-Saxon documents of the late ninth century, it was used by ships well into the 20th century.
The rare Aga Khan emerald brooch is set to be sold in Geneva, 55 years after its debut at auction. Christie’s will offer the rare piece, an exquisite Colombian brooch crafted with diamonds and ...
Bird-Shaped Brooch, 500–550 C.E., New York ... Composed by prominent scholars in Anglo-Saxon studies, these essays honor the depth and breadth of Patrick W. Conner’s influence in our discipline. As a ...
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