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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…

In 1857 the antiquarian and prodigious benefactor Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks lighted on a small, odd-looking whalebone box in an antique shop in Paris. He purchased it immediately, having recognized that the box was of Anglo-Saxon origin, and…

Introduction
The Ruthwell Cross stands in a small church in the town of Ruthwell, just south of Dumfries, in south-west Scotland. The Cross is seventeen feet four inches tall and must sit in a well four feet deep to serve as the high cross for the…

PowerPoint presentation with recent (2006) photographs. St Peter's Church in Hackness, North Yorkshire, contains a remarkable Anglo-Saxon memorial cross (8th century), which commemorates 'Abbess Oedilburga' (possibly Ethelburga). Reflecting the…

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…

These notes describe a project carried out at the Manchester Museum in the University of Manchester as part of the redisplay of the museum galleries in 1999-2000, to recolour a set of casts of the crosses at Bewcastle and Ruthwell churches acquired…

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…

In 2010, the Friends of Corhampton Saxon Church and Meonstoke Infant School organised a Saxon learning day for the eighty pupils at the school.
This was followed by the 1st Saxon Festival in the Meon Valley Since the 11th Century.
We were…

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…

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…