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Canterbury Cross
CANCM:6421 - Canterbury Cross; copper alloy and silver cruciform brooch. Found St. George's Street, Canterbury, during laying of drainage in 1867. Dated to c.850. Acquired from Dr. H. Wacher.
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All images © Canterbury City Museums.
Weight
CANCM:2735 - Anglo-Saxon weight of Roman coins, worn down. Production period: Roman/Anglo-Saxon.
All images © Canterbury City Museums.
All images © Canterbury City Museums.
Stirrup
CANCM:1091 - Iron stirrup with applied copper decoration; probably Danish and relating to the Danish invasions of England around 1000-1018 AD.
Found Canterbury (in or near), dated to c.1000.
Acquisition source; Old Museum (Canterbury).
All…
Found Canterbury (in or near), dated to c.1000.
Acquisition source; Old Museum (Canterbury).
All…
On ‘Translating’ the Old English THE WANDERER and other texts
PDF introduction and link to the website of poet Michael Gibson, where he discusses his recent translations of 'The Wanderer' and 'Cædmon’s Song'. Includes a discussion of metrics, scansion and the theory of translation, and audio clips of the…
Yeavering Saxon Royal Palace
Zipped html files of the Past Perfect website, a New Opportunities Fund grant-aided project, run jointly by Durham and Northumberland County Councils. It uses the latest in virtual reality interactive technology to bring the archaeology and history…
CCCC MS 419 - Sermo Lupi
The first four pages of Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, CCCC MS 419, pp. 95-8. This manuscript contains fifteen Old English Homilies by Wulfstan and others. Described by Ker (1957) pp. 115-6, and dated to the first half of the eleventh century.…
Bead/Pendant
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.517. c. 550-650. Gold, garnet, glass. Pendant, elongated decahedron, decorated with beaded gold wire, cloisonné work and inlaid with blue glass and garnet. Discovered Forest Gate, Essex.
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Jewellery, Pendant
Brooch
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.196. Gold, silver, garnet. 6th century gilt disc brooch with cloisonné work and inlaid garnets. Discovered Faversham, Kent.
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Brooch, Jewellery
Brooch
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1972.1401. Gold, garnet, glass, shell. 7th century cloisonné work disc brooch, inlaid with garnets, white shell and coloured glass, and divided into four circular panels (only one of which is intact) around a central…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Brooch, Jewellery
Pendant
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.207. Gold, garnet. c.550-650. Circular pendant inlaid with garnets and decorated with panels of gold filigree. The disc is divided into panels by the application of beaded wire in a concentric cross shape, at the…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Jewellery, Pendant