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I. Ancestral Voices
A complete course providing an accessible introduction to the earliest extant English literature. The aim of this course is not for participants to learn to read or speak Old English; the texts explored will be offered in translation. Optional…

Anglo Saxon Coins and "Chinese Whispers"
It may be hard to believe, but the design of the central and right-hand coins is based on the Antoninianus (left). It seems that Anglo Saxon coiners had the difficult job of making copies of Roman coins with no access to the originals. They…

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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…

Sceat - Front
Anglo-Saxon sceat, c. 710-760AD. East-Anglian R1.
Runes read EPA, probably the name of the moneyer.

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AN00753200_001_l. Gilt silver mount apparently originally V-shaped, consisting of two U-shaped metal strips which converge in a three-dimensional animal head. Both strips are broken off, the lower one close to its junction with the animal head. The…

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AN00472768_001_l. Two fragments of gold ring inscribed with Old English runes. 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…

Welsh Traditions in Layamon's 'Brut'

These pamphlets formed part of the collection of Professor Arthur Napier, which was acquired by the University after his death. They are reproduced by kind permission of the Oxford University English Faculty Library. Please note that these are…

MS 17 cover pages and flyleaves
Miscellaneous entries: names written against runes, name glosses, a table of consanguinity, names of the months, names of the days of the week opposite chapter 8 of Bede's 'De temporibus ratione', names of fishes, and a charm 'Wid blodrine of nosu…

Ruthwell Cross
Photos taken of the Ruthwell Cross at Ruthwell Church, Dumfriesshire, January 2010.

Plaque
AN00474850_001_l. Bone rectangular plaque or mount with incised runic inscription "God saves by his mercy Hadda who wrote this" and interlace. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also…
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