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Site of Anglo-Saxon Church, Guiting Power
All that remains of the church at Guiting Power (the walls though are reconstructions). Built on a hill overlooking the River Windrush. -
New Version: A Gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon and "Overlap Churches around Oxford by D. Prince"
New Revised Version. This is a guide to churches within a “day trip” of Oxford which have been authoritatively reported as having Anglo-Saxon or early Post-Conquest structural remains. Instructions: The Gazetteer is available in two forms (PDF and Word) The images associated with this are in various zipped files. Users are strongly recommended to read the “Introduction and Advice” on page 1 of the gazetteer. The content of the new version of the gazetteer includes images of 25 churches which were not available for the first version. The revised descriptions of these churches often reflect the writer’s visits. There are also notes and pictures of 4 churches not mentioned in version one. -
Poem ' Returning to Maldon'
A poem describing a reading of 'The Battle of Maldon' at Maldon by a group of Anglo-Saxon enthusiasts, including myself, who were members of the Sutton Hoo Society. I am a published poet and about forty of my poems have appeared in poetry magazines (e.g. Agenda, Rialto) or online (e.g. websites of UK Poetry Society, also in several anthologies. -
All Saints Church, Wing, Buckinghamshire
Wing is a small village in Buckinghamshire on the Icknield Way. It's church - All Souls - though greatly added to over the centuries, retains several distinct Anglo-Saxon features notably a window at the East End of the nave, a doorway (now bricked up), arches (the highest remaining in Britain?), and a crypt. Saxon infrastructure along the nave is also surviving but now hidden by more recent plasterwork. See - http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/county/site/ed-bk-wings.html -
Google Earth Distribution map of Woruldhord Items
This .kml file can be opened in Google Earth to show the distribution of objects submitted to Woruldhord so far. Please note that this is very much beta, and only obvious errors have been corrected! -
Some sources for Visualizing Beowulf by Marijane Osborn
Long ago in Oxford, Professor C. L. Wrenn and I conceived of placing “treasures of the ancient north” alongside the text of Beowulf. Our plan was to select museum photographs of Anglo-Saxon and early Scandinavian artifacts that would illustrate the material world evoked by the poem. After Professor Wrenn's death in 1969, the project lay fallow for a decade; on reviving it I added the translation to give the photographs an immediate context. Published jointly by the University of California Press and Pentangle Press in 1983, the book won awards for artistic layout, displaying many of the artifacts on two-page spreads. Although the items thus presented are broken up in the single-page format available here, this volume contains a wealth of visual information. It is offered here as a supplement to an article on visualizing the world of the poem, soon to be published in a volume on teaching Beowulf. In 1983 the Sutton Hoo treasure loomed large, as it still does, and the Coppergate helmet had just been discovered in York; pictures of this helmet on the cover and within this volume were among the first to appear anywhere. Since that time the two most striking discoveries relevant to the world of Beowulf are the series of large early medieval halls excavated near the village of Lejre in Denmark, long thought to be the location the poet imagined for the hall Heorot (see http://www.acmrs.org/publications/catalog/beowulf-and-lejre), and the huge Staffordshire Hoard with its own online site. Two additional pictures are offered here with my translation: Ian Harvey’s superb photograph of the mask of the Sutton Hoo helmet (do not miss the bird flying up the mask, its wings marked by garnets), and, for an analogue to the interior of an early medieval hall in use, Ben Stechschulte’s photograph of a Senecan longhouse reconstructed by members of that tribe. Here are three further books containing images that help us visualize the world of the poem: Randolph Swearer, Raymond Oliver and Marijane Osborn, Beowulf: A Likeness (Yale, 1990). Swearer’s sometimes almost surreal photographs alongside Oliver’s verse retelling of Beowulf freshly evoke armor and other artifacts, and Swearer also includes a range of photographs locating the action of the poem geographically. My essay at the end, “Imagining the Real-World Setting of Beowulf,” explains the significance of the photographs -- for example, of the Oseberg ship as a ghost-ship floating over the landscape of Sutton Hoo (pp. 12-13) and the horrifying sight of the only manuscript of Beowulf in existence engulfed in flames (pp. 94-97). Seamus Heaney and John D. Niles, Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition (Norton 2008). Niles imaginatively combines artifacts with landscape in the illustrations he selected for this lavish yet inexpensive book. Stephen Pollington, Lindsay Kerr and Brett Hammond, Wayland’s Work: Anglo-Saxon Art 4th to 5th Century (Anglo-Saxon Books 2010). Again heavily illustrated and with extensive useful commentary, this fine book offers the most definitive collection to date of the “artistic” artifacts of the period named. -
Holy Trinity Church, Colchester
Holy Trinity Church is the oldest surviving building in Colchester. The church is located on Trinity Street opposite the town library. Parts of the church tower are believed to date to around 1050 (the Anglo-Saxon period), pre-dating Colchester Castle (c.1074). In particular, there is a unique pointed Saxon doorway in the West side of the tower. The churchyard contains the burial place of English madrigal composer John Wilbye (d.1638), and William Gilberd (d. 1603) discoverer of electro-magneticism and physician to Queen Elizabeth I. The church was extended in the 14th century, adorned with dripstone carvings, 17th century hatchments and further extended in the Victorian period. The church was made redundant in 1956 and was converted to a Museum of Rural History in the 1970s. Since 1997, it has been closed to the public but CO1 is working with Colchester Borough Council and English Heritage to restore the Grade 1 listed building as a place of national importance, incorporating a public café, a youth music and arts venue and a place for communities to meet and be supported. The café is run by employed staff and volunteers, working regularly with organisations such as GO4 Enterprise, whose aims are to provide training, work and ongoing support to young people unable to get employment. CO1 has free Wifi and is a licensed venue for live music. ----- Info: CO1 (Youth Culture Ltd) - Registered Charity 1085944 Visit the café: Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm CO1, Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Street, Colchester CO1 1JR 01206 571427 -
Sonning Stone Carving
Possible Saxon stone carving contained in refurbished wall/buttress of St Andrew's Church, Sonning near to the banks of the Thames. -
Corfe Castle
Photographs of Corfe Castle and its surroundings. Corfe, in Dorset, was the site of the murder of Edward the Martyr in 978 in circumstances which are still debated, allowing Æthelræd to come to the throne. The photographs are taken around the ring of the natural hill upon which Corfe Castle (now ruined), sits. They are also of memorial plaques in the village. The castle is much later, of course. and in Saxon times there was probably some form of stronghold. -
Hengist and Horsa in Dutch Literature (essay)
A short essay detailing the appearance of Hengist and Horsa in Dutch literature. -
Saint Patrick's Chapel, Heysham - Web Page
[Download this web page to bring in all pictures]. Saint Patrick's Chapel, Heysham, near Morecambe, Lancashire, with the nearby St Peter's parish church, is an early Saxon monument dating from the 8th CCE. While the church is still in use the chapel was ruined at an unknown time, presumably in the Reformation, and all records have disappeared so that its exact function is not known. Its famous rock-cut graves are nearby: excavations have revealed a Viking-era cemetery. -
Bewcastle Cross
Photographed on a cold, sunny March 7th, 2011 -
Uhta
A poem inspired by Old English literature. -
The text from the Anglo-Saxon Galleries at Corinium Museum
Text accompanying the exhibition pieces in the Anglo-Saxon Galleries at Corinium Museum. Contents: WHO WERE THE SAXONS? SAXONS IN THE COTSWOLDS BUTLER’S FIELD : ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY BUTLER’S FIELD : EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE “MRS. GETTY”, THE RICHEST BURIAL CHILD BURIALS MALE BURIALS TRADE AND CONNECTIONS JEWELLERY: FASHION AND FUNCTION WHERE DID THEY LIVE? UNCOVERING RELIGION WARRIORS AND WEAPONS WOMEN AND WEAVING THE ART OF THE GOLDSMITH -
Past Perfect Web Site - Yeavering
Virtual archaeology web site from Durham and Northumberland entitled 'Past Perfect'. This is available online at: http://www.pastperfect.org.uk/index.html. These files are the home pages and the files related to Yeavering. Past Perfect is a joint project managed by the Archaeology Section of Durham County Council and the Conservation Team of Northumberland County Council. The project has been funded by the New Opportunities Fund through the NOF Digitise Programme. It forms part of the EnrichUK, the gateway to a lottery-funded collection of 150 sites supported by the New Opportunities Fund. Oxford ArchDigital provided technical expertise for website development, Virtual Reality reconstructions and digitisation, under contract to Durham County Council. To use download and uncompress 'PastPerfect.zip'. Download the other files 'archive' 'clips' 'images' 'index.html' 'ms' and 'siteplan' and place these uncompressed in the subfolder: /sites/yeavering. -
East-Anglian Sceat (Runic)
Anglo-Saxon sceat, c. 710-760AD. East-Anglian R1. Runes read EPA, probably the name of the moneyer. -
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 House, Canterbury, Kent, by Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1982. Pendants of various kinds emerged in the 7th century as a native adaption of Byzantine fashion. They quickly took over from brooches as the main form of female jewellery. This version is one of the very best types and has an expressly Christian motif of the cross. It can be dated to the first third of the 7th century, probably around the 620s, as it is similar to brooches made at that time. It is made from gold sheet worked into cells set with polished garnets backed with a gold foil. Decorated with filigree wires. The shape of a cross in the centre, now missing its white inlay, was probably intended as a Christian symbol. The pendant is topped by a barrel shaped suspension loop. Such finely crafted jewellery would have been made for a wealthy or noble lady. It was probably buried decades after being made as there is evidence of wear and alteration to the pendant. This shows that it was a cherished piece, much used before being buried with its owner perhaps about AD 650. When dug up the central boss was detached from the backplate. It was found about half a kilometre West of Canterbury City Walls at Cranmer House, formerly Westgate Court farm in 1982. It was found in what may have been a grave that was robbed in antiquity, but there were no traces of a body. This possibly shows a Saxon re-use of an old Roman cemetery on the site. A coin found near the graves dates the site to c700AD. All images © Canterbury City Museums. -
Bird brooch
CANCM:7523 - Bird brooch, silver gilt, garnet inset in eye and tail; niello inlay. (Accessions register states: "Objects from this grave disturbed before excavation and recorded from spoil heap by Mr. Jarvis and his wife"). Found Bekesbourne, Kent by Mr. F. Jenkins, in grave 30 of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Acquired from Mr. P.G. Wilson, (Boundary Cottage, Bekesbourne). All images © Canterbury City Museums. -
Spindle whorl
CANCM:7520 - Spindle whorl of black pottery. (Accessions register states: "n.b. a small ring-shaped piece of badly corroded bronze lay at a distance of 9" away from the whorl, and is quite possibly the end of the spindle, thus it would have been originally 9"(?) long and suspended from the bell" & "found by the right hip"). Found Bekesbourne, Kent N.G. 200555 by Mr. F. Jenkins, in grave 22, Anglo-Saxon cemetery. Production period: Anglo-Saxon. Acquisition source: Wilson, P.G., Mr. (Boundary Cottage, Bekesbourne). All images © Canterbury City Museums. -
Square-headed brooch
CANCM:7494 - Square-headed silver-gilt brooch; undivided foot, motif decorating footplate; rampant animals either side of the foot reaching up to the bow; (Accessions register states: "Almost exact parallel from Howletts - see P.S.A. 2nd series XXX p.104, pl.1, 2. Nils Aberg - p.80, fig.132. Shaw ... Eastrial, p.3, fig.7 & "These items seem to be on loan. See "Archaeology Register" 58/10, where they are also listed, and Loan Book, 1958/1. ... Items 7494-7511"). Found Eastry, Kent. Acquisition source Mr. Irby(Mersham) per Dr. W.G. Urry. All images © Canterbury City Museums. -
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. -
Weight
CANCM:2735 - Anglo-Saxon weight of Roman coins, worn down. Production period: Roman/Anglo-Saxon. All images © Canterbury City Museums. -
Stirrup
CANCM:1091 - Iron stirrup with applied copper decoration; probably Danish and relating to the Danish invasions of England around 1000-1018 AD. Found Canterbury (in or near), dated to c.1000. Acquisition source; Old Museum (Canterbury). All images © Canterbury City Museums. -
On ‘Translating’ the Old English THE WANDERER and other texts
PDF introduction and link to the website of poet Michael Gibson, where he discusses his recent translations of 'The Wanderer' and 'Cædmon’s Song'. Includes a discussion of metrics, scansion and the theory of translation, and audio clips of the poet reading in both Old English and in translation. -
Yeavering Saxon Royal Palace
Zipped html files of the Past Perfect website, a New Opportunities Fund grant-aided project, run jointly by Durham and Northumberland County Councils. It uses the latest in virtual reality interactive technology to bring the archaeology and history of the two counties alive. The Northumbrian royal seat at Yeavering is one of seven sites featured on the website. Past Perfect provides a detailed overview of the history and archaeology of the site, including historical and cultural contexts, site maps, digital reconstructions, audio and video clips, and an archive of material relating to Yeavering. These files are reproduced here with the kind permission of Durham and Northumberland County Councils. For more information visit: http://www.pastperfect.org.uk/index.html -
CCCC MS 419 - Sermo Lupi
The first four pages of Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, CCCC MS 419, pp. 95-8. This manuscript contains fifteen Old English Homilies by Wulfstan and others. Described by Ker (1957) pp. 115-6, and dated to the first half of the eleventh century. Sermo Lupi survives in five manuscripts; CCCC MS 419 is designated MS B in Napier's Wulfstan (1883). The homily opens with the rubric 'Lar Spell' and begins 'Leofan men. Gecnaƿað þat soð is'... The opening L, like many of the initials, is in red with a ball and crescent decoration. Sermo Lupi was composed c.1010-1016 and is the most famous of Wulfstan's homilies. All these images are © Parker Library. The full image collection is available on the Parker Library website, along with a detailed manuscript description: http://parkerweb.stanford.edu/parker/actions/manuscript_description_long_display.do?ms_no=419 -
Bead/Pendant
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.517. c. 550-650. Gold, garnet, glass. Pendant, elongated decahedron, decorated with beaded gold wire, cloisonné work and inlaid with blue glass and garnet. Discovered Forest Gate, Essex. -
Brooch
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.196. Gold, silver, garnet. 6th century gilt disc brooch with cloisonné work and inlaid garnets. Discovered Faversham, Kent. -
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 roundel with triangular protrusions and a central inlaid gem. The remaining panels consist of irregular zoomorphic filigree designs. Discovered Monkton, Kent. -
Pendant
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.207. Gold, garnet. c.550-650. Circular pendant inlaid with garnets and decorated with panels of gold filigree. The disc is divided into panels by the application of beaded wire in a concentric cross shape, at the centre of which is a gold roundel (with missing centrepiece). Discovered Faversham, Kent. -
Disc Brooch
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1934.202. 7th century. Gold, garnet and glass. Composite disc brooch, elaborately decorated with cloisonné work and inlaid with garnets and coloured glass. Beaded wire rim and gold filigree scrollwork. Discovered in Sarre, Kent. -
Holderness Cross
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1999.206. Gold and garnet. Early 7th century pectoral cross pendant, decorated with cloisonné work inlaid with garnets. Single sheet gold back-plate. Only 58 of the original 95 gems survive. Discovered in the 1960s near Burton Pidsea on the Holderness peninsula, E. Yorkshire. -
Cuddesdon Bowl
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1980.269. Glass. 11.5 cm diameter. Blue glass bowl with trailed decoration, vertical loops towards the base and spirals around the neck. Probably a drinking vessel, and of Kentish origin. Found in a grave in 1847 alongside another damaged vessel, a bronze pail and fittings from a lyre. -
Crondall Hoard - Selection of coins
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. HCR4915. Gold. c.640. Gold thrymsas. Originally the hoard consisted of 101 coins. Modelled on Merovingian coinage; possibly the earliest English shillings and certainly the most important evidence for early Anglo-Saxon coinage. Discovered in 1828 in Crondall, Hampshire. -
Cuerdale Hoard
Ashmolean Museum inventory no. AN1909.519-551. Silver. Largest Viking-Age silver hoard discovered to date in North-West Europe, consisting of over 8,500 individual silver items, buried in a lead lined chest. They include silver ingots, rings, brooches, amulets and coins of various provenances, including some Arabic and Continental coins. The coins can be used to date the hoard fairly accurately, to c.905. It may have been deposited by Vikings expelled from Dublin in 902. Discovered in 1804 on the banks of the River Ribble, Cuerdale, Lancashire. -
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 into four sections, bordered by rectangular cells containing garnets of a brighter red than those in the centre of the panel. The upper arm is modified to attach the biconical suspension loop. The back of the cross is made of a single sheet of gold, with a small repair patch on the border between the upper arm and central roundel. The cross is probably contemporary with the Wilton Cross and Sutton Hoo jewellery. Discovered in 1886 in a grave in Stanton, Ixworth, alongside a fragmentary disc brooch. -
Battle of Fulford
Images and html pages from the battleoffulford.org.uk website, including recycled material and items from hearths located around what is believed to be the site of the battle of Fulford, which took place in 1066. Reproduced here with the kind permission of battleoffulford.org.uk. Also images from the ourownhistory.com website (All drawings copyright Amanda Pollard). For more information visit http://www.battleoffulford.org.uk/ http://www.fulfordbattle.com/ourownhistory.com/ -
Wallingford Anglo-Saxon Ramparts
Wallingford town defences, probably first constructed during the reign of Alfred as part of his strategy to defend Wessex against Viking attack. Mention of Wallingford is made in the Burghal Hidage, as a 'burgh', or fortified stronghold, with 2,400 hides of land. The defences originally consisted of an earthen bank and ditch with timber revetting; a stone wall may have been added in the 11th century. The line of the bank can be clearly seen, particularly the western edge running parallel with Croft Rd, and the well-preserved south-west corner. There are gaps in the fortification which may have been made during the Civil War as placements for cannon. The Norman castle was also re-fortified during this period, and subsequently pulled down. -
Oxford, MS St Johns 17
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 ...'. Described by Ker (1957, p. 435) #360, and dated to the first quarter of the 12th century. -
Oxford, MS St John's College 28
Glosses of a copy of Gregory the Great's 'Regula Pastoralis'. Described by Ker (1957, pp. 435-36, #361) and dated to the late 10th or early 11th century. -
Oxford, MS St John's College 154
Ælfric's Grammar etc. Only complete copy, possibly the earliest. Contains Ælfric's Grammar and Glossary, Ælfric Bata's colloquy in Latin with occasional Old English glosses and marginalia in ink and drypoint, three further Latin colloquies and part of Abbo of St. Germain, Bella Parisiacae urbis with continuous OE gloss. Described by Ker (1957, pp. 436-437, #362). Dated to early 11th century; MS was at Durham in the 12th century. -
West Stow/Stowe Presentation
A presentation with images of the West Stow reconstructed Anglo-Saxon village. -
Bede's World
A presentation (PowerPoint) in two parts with pictures of Bede's World - the museum, St Paul's Church, and Gyrwe the Anglo-Saxon farm. -
Chalice
AN00773120_001_l. Silver chalice (reconstructed), formed of separate foot, stem and cup, originally riveted together; the bowl is gilded internally. Just below the gilded rim are a number of rivet holes perhaps indicating the former presence of an applied rim or decorated band. Immediately below them is a band of gilding within which are further rivets; above it are traces of solder, and below are traces of incised interlace at points where the original surface of the (much corroded) metal survives. A now lost mount from the hoard may have served as a collar to the stem. It has an oval knop and a flanged domed foot. 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 (http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/free_image_service.aspx). The full image collection is available at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx where you can also order high resolution copies. -
Gold Plaque
AN00032720_001_l. Almost square gold plaque with an attachment hole at each corner. A niello-inlaid line acts as a border on the lower three sides, but the blank area around each hole indicates that they were filled by a circular bossed rivet. The niello-inlaid decoration consists of a half-length zoo-anthropomorphic symbol of St John with eagle head and human hands which hold a book and pen. Around the evangelist symbol is an inscription. The back is undecorated, except for a free-hand incised assembly mark. 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 (http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/free_image_service.aspx). The full image collection is available at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx where you can also order high resolution copies. -
Thames Scramasax
AN00035717_001_l. Iron seax, with a straight cutting edge running parallel to the back, which is angled towards the point. The broad tang is offset from the blade, which is decorated on both faces with linear ornament formed by hammering polychrome wires into the surface of the metal. Along the back of the blade on each face is a narrow rectangular panel bordered by two lines composed of strips of twisted copper and brass wire. Below this panel, and running parallel to it, is a deep median groove flanked by a similar inlaid line with pendent brass triangles. On one face the rectangular panel is inscribed with two texts. They are separated by a herringbone design in silver and brass, and a fragment of a running lozenge pattern in silver and copper, and silver and brass twisted wires, each lozenge containing a copper or silver billet. The first inscription is a twenty-eight letter ‘futhorc' or runic alphabet. The second inscription, also in runic characters is an old English personal name, presumably the owner or maker of the seax, 'Beagnoth'. 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 (http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/free_image_service.aspx). The full image collection is available at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx where you can also order high resolution copies. -
Runic 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 under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions (http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/free_image_service.aspx). The full image collection is available at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx where you can also order high resolution copies. -
Plaque
AN00013974_001_l. Walrus ivory sub-rectangular plaque, broken away along the right-hand edge. Eight attachment holes survive along the edges. The surface is highly polished, and carved in high relief with a crucifixion group. Christ in a loincloth stands erect on a cross with a stepped terminal on the upper arm; his feet rest on a ‘suppedaneum'. The head is broken off, but was evidently long-haired and bearded, as traces on the shoulders show, and the halo seems to be cruciferous. On plinths below the lateral arms of the cross, left and right respectively, stand the haloed figures of the Virgin and St John in attitudes of grief. Both have long garments and St John holds a book in his left hand. Above the lateral arms are personifications of Sun and Moon. The eyes of all the figures are deeply drilled. 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 (http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/free_image_service.aspx). The full image collection is available at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx where you can also order high resolution copies. -
Writing-tablet
AN00789233_001_l. Whale-bone rectangular panel from a writing-tablet recessed at the back and with two holes for thongs: one corner is broken away. On the front is a quadripartite knot design incised in low relief within a square frame and set with a quincunx of secondary copper-alloy rivets, with a sixth at one of the corners of the frame. In the recess at the back which originally contained wax are traces of extremely lightly incised runic lettering, arranged in three lines along the long axis. 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 (http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/free_image_service.aspx). The full image collection is available at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx where you can also order high resolution copies. -
Key
AN00468142_001_l. Iron key; handle broadening and flattening towards the top; two projections. 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 (http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use/free_image_service.aspx). The full image collection is available at: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database.aspx where you can also order high resolution copies.