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Anglo-Saxon England

Bayeux Tapestry: Viking Ship

Bayeux Tapestry: harold dux reversvs est (Chief Harold is driven back)

Bayeux Tapestry: harold rex interfectus est (King Haroldgets killed)

Bayeux Tapestry: Isti mirant stella (they wonder at the star)

Ruthwell Cross

Sutton Hoo Ship Burial

Sutton Hoo Shield Mount

Sutton Hoo Helmet

Sutton Hoo Belt Buckle

Anglo-Saxon Brooch

Anglo-Saxon Coin with King Edwin

Anglo-Saxon Coin with King Æthelræd

The Anglo-Saxon Futhark (Runic Alphabet)

Scandinavian Sinker with Runes

10th-century glossary: fish and insects (Latin/English)

Anglo-Saxon glossed manuscript (Latin script, Old Englishgloss (fuisse, werun, were; euangelia, godspellas, gospels)

Lindisfarne Gospels - Carpet Page

Lindisfarne Gospels: Gospel of St. Matthew

(Liber Generationis)

The Alfred Jewel

ælfred mec heht gewyrhtan (Alfred had me made)

Hwæt, we Gardena in geardagum,†eodcyninga, †rym gefrunon,hu ∂a æ†elingas ellen gefremedon.Oft Scyld Scefing scea†ena †reatum,monegum mæg†um, meodosetla ofteah,egsode eorlas. Sy∂∂an ærest wear∂feasceaft funden, he †æs frofre gebad,weox under wolcnum weor∂myndum †ah,o∂†æt him æghwylc †ara ymbsittendraofer hronrade hyran scolde,gomban gyldan. ˇæt wæs god cyning!

So. The Spear-Danes in days gone byand the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness.We have heard of those princes’ heroic campaigns.There was Shield Sheafson, scourge of many tribes,a wrecker of mead-benches, rampaging among foes.This terror of the hall-troops had come far.A foundling to start with, he would flourish later onas his powers waxed and his worth was proved.In the end each clan on the outlying coastsbeyond the whale-road had to yield to himand begin to pay tribute. That was one good king.