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Item Details
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THE ALFRED JEWEL
AND OTHER LATE ANGLO-SAXON DECORATED METALWORK |
| By: |
David A. Hinton |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£12.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1854442295 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781854442291 |
| Publisher: |
ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2008 |
| Series: |
Ashmolean Handbooks S. |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Description: |
From the Anglo-Saxon period, the Alfred Jewel found in the seventh-century ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, is well-known, but as a collection rather than for any individual object in it. This book focuses on the collections in the Ashmolean that date to the ninth, tenth and eleventh centuries AD. It also illustrates objects in other museums. |
| Synopsis: |
The Alfred Jewel is probably the single most famous archaeological object in England and one of the greatest treasures of the University of Oxford. This handbook describes the Jewel and discusses the many questions it raises, not least whether it was made for King Alfred the Great (871-99). The jewel has received much attention from scholars since its discovery in 1693. The Ashmolean Museum also houses many of the objects that belong to the same late Anglo-Saxon period, and they help to set the Jewel in context. Some material in other collections is included for comparison; in particular, pictures are brought together for the first time of recent discoveries that have particular relevance to the Jewel. The handbook's text has been written by David A. Hinton, formerly an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities in the Ashmolean, now a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. |
| Illustrations: |
50 colour, 58 b&w |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Ashmolean Museum |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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