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Box (for host)
2009CB5776_jpg_l. Boxes like this are known to have been kept in cathedral treasuries. They were probably used as containers for the host (the consecrated bread) and the material reflects their important function. The unique narrative images at the…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ivory, Religion, V&A
Bracteate Die
AN00460149_001_l. Copper-alloy die: circular, for a bracteate-type pendant, with dot-punched border and swirling, incised Style I animal design radiating from a central triangle and with a C-shaped head scrolled at the ends enclosing a single eye and…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Bracteate, British Museum
Brooch
2007BM3753_jpg_l. The ornate and colourful decoration on this brooch consists of cloisons (cells) inlaid with garnets and blue glass paste. The front is further enriched with filigree wires. The garnets themselves were possibly obtained by sea trade…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Brooch, Jewellery, V&A
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
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
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.
All images © Canterbury City Museums.
All images © Canterbury City Museums.
Canterbury Pendant
CANCM:1982.14.23 - Circular gold pendant inlaid with cloisonné garnets
decorated with filigree wires, surmounted with
barrel shaped suspension
loop.
Found Cranmer…
decorated with filigree wires, surmounted with
barrel shaped suspension
loop.
Found Cranmer…
Casket Side Panel
AN00448801_001_l. Silver engraved rectangular side-panel from house-shaped casket shrine. The engraved ornament consists of three roundels with plain borders, each with an equal-armed cross with a central piercing. The crosses have a billeted…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, British Museum, Religion, Silverwork
Censer Cover
AN00034893_001_l. Cast, copper alloy openwork censer-cover. It is of architectural form, resembling a church tower with a plinth at the base decorated on all four sides with punched ornament. At each corner is a perforated lug, through which a narrow…
Tags: Archaeology, Art, Art history, British Museum, Religion