Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Sandbach Crosses are two 9th-century stone Anglo-Saxon crosses now erected in the market place in the town of Sandbach, Cheshire, England. [1] They are unusually large and elaborate examples of the type and are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, [2] and a scheduled monument.
Shoulder-clasps from Sutton Hoo, early 7th century 11th century walrus ivory cross reliquary (Victoria & Albert Museum). Anglo-Saxon art covers art produced within the Anglo-Saxon period of English history, beginning with the Migration period style that the Anglo-Saxons brought with them from the continent in the 5th century, and ending in 1066 with the Norman Conquest of England, whose ...
The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, [1] when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. It is the most famous and elaborate Anglo-Saxon monumental sculpture, [ 2 ] and possibly contains the oldest surviving text, predating any manuscripts ...
The fylfot or fylfot cross (/ ˈ f ɪ l f ɒ t / FILL-fot) and its mirror image, the gammadion, are types of swastika associated with medieval Anglo-Saxon culture. It is a cross with perpendicular extensions, usually at 90° or close angles, radiating in the same direction.
Plaster cast of an Anglo-Saxon crosss from Irton. "Cross-shaft, in stone, in Irton churchyard, Cumbria; first half of the 9th century. 1882-259" Orientation: Normal: Horizontal resolution: 72 dpi: Vertical resolution: 72 dpi: Software used: Aperture 3.5.1: File change date and time: 09:26, 23 August 2009: Exposure Program: Not defined ...
The Wolverhampton Pillar Detail of carvings. The Wolverhampton Pillar is the shaft of an Anglo-Saxon High cross, dating from the ninth or tenth centuries AD.. The scheduled monument [1] is still standing in its original location, in what is now the churchyard of St Peter's Collegiate Church, in Wolverhampton, England.
The Bewcastle Cross is an Anglo-Saxon cross which is still in its original position within the churchyard of St Cuthbert's church at Bewcastle, in the English county of Cumbria. The cross, which probably dates from the 7th or early 8th century, features reliefs and inscriptions in the runic alphabet .
Stapleford Cross is an Anglo-Saxon high cross dating from the eleventh century, now located in the churchyard of St. Helen's Church, Stapleford, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is Grade I listed , [ 1 ] and also a scheduled ancient monument .