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| Title: | Alfred Jewel
: & Other Late Anglo-Saxon Decorated Metalwork |
| Series: | (Ashmolean Handbooks Series) |
| Author: | David Hinton |
| ISBN: | 1854442295 : 9781854442291 |
| Illustrations: | colour illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 145x210mm |
| Pages: | 96 |
| Weight: | .376 Kg. |
| Published: | Ashmolean Museum - January 2008 |
| List Price: | 11.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Exhibition catalogues and specific collections: Intaglio processes |
The Alfred Jewel is probably the single most famous archaeological object in England. From the Anglo-Saxon period, the great treasure found in the seventh-century ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, is as well-known, but as a collection rather than for any individual object in it. But the distinctive nature of the Jewel with its tantalizing inscription that may refer to King Alfred (871-99), the only English king to be called 'the Great' has a fascination that nothing else can rival. The Jewel has received much attention from scholars since its discovery in 1693, and continues to be discussed in work on the Anglo-Saxon period. In this handbook, recent ideas are reviewed and the significance of new discoveries evaluated, along with pictures and descriptions of other objects relevant to the study of the Jewel. The Handbook focuses on the collections in the Ashmolean that date to the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries AD, but also illustrates objects in other museums.
Preface and acknowledgements; The Alfred Jewel; Other possible aestels; Royal gifts and finger-rings; Hoards; Swords and other weapons; Brooches; Some other personal fittings; Riding equipment; Enamel mounts; Coins; A reliquary; Finale.
