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The Harley Psalter- folio 5v.The beautiful script of the Anglo Saxon scribe Eadui Basan.  Likely mad

mediumaevum:As of several days ago the wonderful British Library has announced their digitised publi

eadfrith:Some of the amazing objects associated with St Cuthbert.  His coffin in Durham Cathedral is

eadfrith:So How Did He Do It ?Folio 94v from The Lindisfarne Gospels The Decorated Carpet page intro

Beowulf in 100 Tweets

Anglo-Saxon shoulder clasp from the early 7th century. Britain

mediumaevum:The Milton Jewel is one of the finest examples of Anglo-Saxon brooches of the period, wi

ms-demeanor:argumate:sysice:relatedly, my all-time favourite translation note concerning a single wo

The three items here are whale bone chess pieces made at around the same time as the Anglo-Saxon Lew

aenglaland:Anglo Saxon architecture at the Hexam Abbey 

The Original Lewis Chess Set, British Museum, 2.8.17.

Inside Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire. England.Sorry, I do not know who these figures represent, i

image: Norman cavalry armed with lances attacks the Anglo-Saxon shield wall. Notice the dominance of

Bede’s Prose Life of St Cuthbert - Chapter 7 - folio 17vCHAPTER VIIThe young St Cuthbert washing the

olorispublishing:Announcing ‘Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings” by Dr

Angels with Multi Coloured Wings - The Harley Psalter folio 8rLikely made in Christ Church, Canterbu

Bede’s Prose Life of St Cuthbert - Chapter 34 - folio 63vSt Cuthbert’s vision of the soul of a

Part of the letter from the Anglo Saxon Monk Alcuin of York to the Bishop of Lindisfarne, Higald and

Anglo-Saxon and Viking personal ornamentation and combs, The Museum of East Riding, June 2017.

mediumaevum:Anglo-Saxon HelmetsThe Bayeux Tapestry shows the combatants of 1066 in very similar head

Anglo-Saxon (600 – 1154) Headdresses 

Part of the epitaph on the tomb of the hugely influential Anglo Saxon Monk, Alcuin of York.  Written

eadfrith:Today is the feast day o Anglo Saxon Saint - Ætheldreda (Æthelthryth) or St Audrey.  636 –

The Lindisfarne Gospels - open at the carpet page introducing the Gospel of St John.  ff. 210v-211 

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