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Staffordshire Hoard Press Images
The Staffordshire Hoard is an unparalleled treasure find dating from Anglo-Saxon times. Both the quality and quantity of this unique treasure are remarkable. The story of how it came to be left in the Staffordshire soil is likely to be more…
Tags: Animals, Archaeology, Cross, Hoard, Staffordshire Hoard, Weapons
St Mary's Lastingham, North Yorkshire
Lastingham was founded by Bishop Cedd in AD 654. St Cedd was born in Northumbria, and was trained at Lindisfarne under St Aidan along with his brothers Cynebil, Caelin and Chad. During his lifetime Cedd was sent to evangelise the Middle Angles and…
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Building, Church, Cross, Religion, Stonework
St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn, North Yorkshire
St Hilda's Church is located in the village of Ellerburn in Rydale, North Yorkshire. The history of the church dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period. Built into the fabric of the present church are over thirteen early sculptural and architectural…
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Art history, Building, Church, Cross, Religion, Stonework
St Andrew's, Middleton, North Yorkshire
The church of St Andrew's at Middleton dates to the Anglo-Saxon period, and also preserves a considerable amount of Saxon architecture and Viking sculpturework. The bottom of the tower is part of the original Anglo-Saxon building, and the Saxon door…
Tags: Archaeology, Architecture, Art history, Building, Church, Cross, Religion, Stonework, Viking
Sheet metal fragments
National Museums of Scotland, inventory no. FC 179.
Sheet metal fragments -- Gilded copper embossed strip, embossed sheet with arcaded vine pattern, embossed and chased sheet and gilded copper fragments from 5 bosses. Possibly fragments of a shrine…
Sheet metal fragments -- Gilded copper embossed strip, embossed sheet with arcaded vine pattern, embossed and chased sheet and gilded copper fragments from 5 bosses. Possibly fragments of a shrine…
Tags: Archaeology, Cross, NMS, Religion
Photos of the Ruthwell Cross
Photos taken of the Ruthwell Cross at Ruthwell Church, Dumfriesshire, January 2010.
Tags: Art history, Cross, Religion, Runes, Ruthwell Cross, Stonework
Pectoral Cross
2009CA7155_jpg_l. Pectoral crosses were worn on a chain or cord around the neck, and acted as charms to protect the wearer. The pectoral cross was commonly worn by bishops and abbots in the medieval period. The figure style and the particular…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Cross, Ivory, Religion, V&A
Late Saxon Cross Shaft from Exeter
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…
Ixworth Cross
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.453. Gold, garnet. Mid 7th century. The central roundel is divided into concentric rings, comprised of rectangular and T-shaped cloisonné work cells. The flared arms of the cross comprise a central panel divided…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Ashmolean Museum, Cross, Jewellery, Religion
Ivory Tau Cross Head
2006AD1299_jpg_l. This is a head of an Anglo-Saxon tau cross in walrus ivory. The tau cross is a form of crozier head, named for its shape after the Greek letter T. The winged seraph is a reference to the vision of Isaiah in which singed seraphim…
Tags: Archaeology, Art history, Cross, Ivory, Religion, V&A