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The seal shows the front of a church. The earliest example of its use is on a document of 1133. At that date Exeter's Norman cathedral’s towers would not have been built, and the old Saxon cathedral was still standing.
The depiction could show…

Part of an ongoing web site upon the subject of Anglo-Saxon church architecture.

This is an archived collection of files from Frank Parsons' site, located at http://www.anglo-saxon-churches.co.uk/ . For full access, please visit the site online if…

Part of an ongoing web site dedicated to Anglo-Saxon church architecture.

This is an archived collection of files from Frank Parsons' site, located at http://www.anglo-saxon-churches.co.uk/ . For full access, please visit the site online if…

The granite shaft is decorated with simple interlaced patterns, broadly datable to the 10th or 11th centuries. It would formerly have been surmounted by a head in the form of a cross. Six such cross-shafts survive in Devon, the others being at…

British Museum presentation notes and slideshow on the Vikings. All these are © Trustees of the British Museum.

Photograph of an Anglo Saxon window in St. Paul's church, Jarrow.

AN00352301_001_l. Part of an embossed leather sword-sheath. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN00148715_001_l. Copper alloy gilded disc-headed pin with runic inscriptions. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN00753247_001_l. Gilt bronze square-head brooch: oblong panel of debased Style I on head; dotted ribs divide lobed foot into 4 Style I fields; rosettes on side lobes. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution…

AN00037374_001_l. Cross-shaft; stone; decorated; all four faces carry panels of running vine-scroll ornament in three varieties; also an additional small fragment, previously assembled with wooden mount between the two pieces. All these images are ©…