The Alfred Jewel and Sight

Egil Bakka

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Medieval Literature and History Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Historical and Archaeological Studies

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The Alfred jewel, found in 1693 in Newton Park near the Island of Athelney in Somerset, now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, is one of the most famous pieces of late Saxon jewellery. It is an intriguing object which has never been satisfactorily explained. The main facts and theories about it are conveniently summarized in the booklet by Miss Joan Kirk (now Mrs. J. R. Clarke) published by the Ashmolean Museum. This present note is mainly concerned with the use of the Alfred jewel and the Minster Lovell jewel, an object of similar character also described in Miss Kirk's booklet, and with the interpretation of the human figure contained in the Alfred jewel.

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1938Early Anglo-Saxon Art and Archaeology 1955Studies on the Iconography of Cosmic Kingship in the Ancient World. By H. P. L'Orange.1938Early Anglo-Saxon Art and Archaeology. By E. T. Leeds.

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