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Sutton Hoo
*  Sutton Hoo Society main site: www.suttonhoo.org
                An aerial photo of the site at the welcome page; from here click "Excavations" for photos of earlier excavations;
                click "Another 6th/7th-Century Cemetery" for 8 photos of year 2000 excavations .

*  The Wuffings Page: www.wuffings.co.uk/MySHPages/SHPage.html
                Aerial view by Cliff Hoppitt and links on this page to the following artifacts:
                    Buried ship imprint; replica-type ships
                    Burial chamber in ship
                    British museum replica sword blade
                    Elements of the sword hilt
                    Buckle and purse lid
                    Sword belt fastener
                    Shoulder clasp
                    Reconstructed helmet and replica
                    Reconstructed shield elements

*  Elizabeth Peters of the University of Utah: www2.art.utah.edu:81/index.html
                Click through "Christian Art" > "Early Middle Ages" > "British Isles"
                    Aerial view; ship grave and diagram
                    Buckle
                    Purse lid
                    Clasp and detail
                    Reconstructed shield
                    Helmet reconstruction (2 views and 2 views of replica)
                    "Sceptre" and detail
                    2 bowls
                    Lyre replica

*  David Garcia at N.Y.U:
              Clasp
              Purse lid
              Helmet
              Ship burial imprint
              Overall site photo

*  Britannia, Anglo-Saxon page:
              Shield dragon element
              Buckle
              Shoulder clasp

Michael Markowski's Westminster College page: people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/mmarkowski/212/6/sut.html
                The reconstructed Helmet is on this page; links here are to images of:
                        Purse lid and coins
                        Drinking horns
                        Shield
                        A weapons display

*  Candis Murray of the State University of New York-Albany: www.albany.edu/faculty/wer52/GermanicArt.htm
                Purse lid
                Buckle
                Two Viking prows

*  Mary Anne Andrade at Collin County Community College District:
        iws.ccccd.edu/andrade/britlit/beowulf/beowulf.html    Click "Sutton Hoo" for page with links to:
                Reconstructed helmet
                Boarcrest
                Shield mount
                Buckle
                Necklace
                Ring
                modern painting of the burial of the ship.
                b/w photo of excavated ship.

*  Pace University's interdisciplinary course site:
        www.csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs4a/sutton.htm
                The 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo
                An iron helmet and the Sutton Hoo helmet reconstructed
                Necklace, shield mount, ring
                The Benty Grange boar helmet crest

        www.csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs4a/be1.htm   cup and drawing of warrior.

*  University of Haifa's Library of Digitized Art: www-lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/med/9_3_DETAILS.HTML
                Ship burial excavation
                Reconstructed helmet
                Shoulder clasp
                Purselid and detail of same
                Buckle

Glen Ray Crack's Battle of Hastings site: battle1066.com/sutton.shtml
                Click "Chapter 3" for photo of Sutton Hoo site; click "Chapter 7" for computer-enhanced pictures of:
                        Anastasius dish
                        Silver footed cup
                        Sword handle components
                        Buckle
                        Silver saucer

Molly Overholt, English Department, Dartmouth University:www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/engl/engl18/caedmon.html
               Reconstructed helmet (thumbnail)
           Painting of ship burial and detail (thumbnail)

Australian National University, student projects site: rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/hoo2/sword.html
           Sword pommel, 2 gold bosses, sword in situ (by Denise Gotte and Rebecca Cole)

Markus Balbach's page: www.boehlke-messer.de/messer/suttonh4.htm
                Back and front images of sword reconstruction

*  Rebecca Cole & Denise Gotte in course: Australian Nat'l Univ.: rubens.anu.edu.au/student.projects/hoo2/mailcoat.html
                Fragment of mailcoat

Shoulder clasp
        O'Brien's Celtic and Medieval Page: www.fortunecity.com/bally/cork/129/artifacts_as.html   photo link
        University of South Florida Medieval Art site:

The reconstructed helmet
        The British Museum: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/britain/medieval/medieval.htm
        Alex Bruce's 1996 University of Georgia syllabus site: parallel.park.uga.edu/~abruce/images/helmet/gif
        Melanie's page: bay8.bjt.net/~melanie//akings.html
        University of California, Berkeley: ishi.lib.berkeley.edu/history155/slides/SH/index.html (replica)
        Westminster College history site: www.wcslc.edu/history/the_face_of_the_invader_-sutt.html
        Pike and Musket Society site: www.routiers.org/3facesof.htm (plus 2 replicas)

Purselid
        Dan Reynold's site on medieval art:
        Korean National University of Arts: www.knua.ac.kr/images/E-medieval/a%20purse.JPG
        Stonehill College, Fine Arts site: academics.stonehill.edu/Fine-Arts/History%20of%20Art/final_slides.htm
        J. Buschen, University of Wisconsin, River Falls: www.uwrf.edu/history/prints/a211c/suttonhoo.html
        University of South Florida Medieval Art site:

Great Buckle
        Stephen Clancy at Cornell University:
        Aram Gerstein's "Freehand" image: www.cinemagique.com/portfolio/images/index.html

Raymond's Quiet Press reproductions:
        www.quietpresscom/Helm_Plaques.html                            reproductions of 3 "Sutton Hoo" helm plaques
        www.nmia.com/~rqpltd/Sutton_Hoo_Shield.html#shsma      reproductions of  shield elements in embossed leather

The Hoard's commercial site with images of their reproductions: http://www.thehoard.co.uk/anglosaxon.htm
        -helmet ornaments
        -buckle
        -sword fittings
        -stag

Current Archaeology site: www.archaeology.co.uk/timeline/saxon/suttonhoo/suttonhoo.htm
        Broad aerial view of site; horse and rider excavation; plan of this burial site; ship burial excavation photo.


Weapons, Warfare, Warriors and Re-enactors in Action
*  Battle of Maldon site: www.airflow.net/maldon/maldon01.htm
               Carving of warriors from Lindisfarne.

*  Angelcynn's site: www.angelcynn.org.uk/
                Uses frames: click on "Warfare" for two options: click "Warfare c.400 - 900 AD" for 6 photos of re-enactors in
                gear and a drawing of "burgh building from and Anglo-Saxon manuscript"; click Anglo-saxon Wargear" for
                re-enactors, sword hilt reproductions, helmets, helmet fragments, spearpoints and mail.

Raven's Warband re-enactors' site: www.millennia.demon.co.uk/ravens/photos.htm
                Photos of Anglo-Saxon warrior re-enactors: gesith and skirmisher, warrior, archer; warband, shieldwall.

Glen Ray Crack's Battle of Hastings site: battle1066.com/saxpic.shtml
                Photos of re-enactors in shield wall: see pictures 2 - 7.

St. Edmundsbury website: www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/wstowtxt.htm
                Photos of spearheads and and Anglo-Saxon pot.

Birka Traders site: www.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shield/shield.html#Combat techniques
                Drawings and construction of a Viking shield.

Medieval Sword Virtual Museum: www.aiusa.com/medsword/vmframe.html
                Photos and drawings of Anglo-Saxon swords.

Lothene Experimental Archaeology site: www.lothene.demon.co.uk/combat.html
                Re-enactors in battle gear and combat.

Regia Anglorum "Wichstow" site:
       Re-enactors:
        www.regia.org/Saxon1.htm    four photos of re-enactors in warrior gear
        www.regia.org/fyrd2.htm       re-enactors: warriors, children, pre-battle blessing, shield wall
        www.regia.org/huscarl.htm     re-enactors in gear and in battle line

       Weapons:
        www.regia.org/scram.htmKnives, scramaseaxe: reproductions, one form museum of London; drawings.
        www.regia.org/spear.htmSpears: drawings and use by re-enactors
        www.regia.org/bow.htmMissiles: reproduction arrowheads; unidentified ms. page with martyrdom of St. Edmund;
                                                          from Bayeaux Tapestry: William w/ battle mace, use of flying mace and javelins, slinger.
        www.regia.org/sword.htmSwords: reproduction hilts, blades of different types

     Armor/Defense:
        www.regia.org/Mail.htmMail: reproduction: closeups and on re-enactors.
        www.regia.org/shields.htmShields: round and kite and shield walls (re-enactors)
        www.regia.org/helmet.htmHelmets: several reproductions and "phrygian cap" from BL MS Cotton Claudius B. IV

Medieval Scandinavia site:

Western Michigan's Rawlinson Center's site:  www.wmich.edu/medieval/rawl/maldon/index.html
                The Maldon town's Statue of the warrior Byrhtnoth.


Musical Instruments
Greg and Carolyn Priest-Dorman: www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/lyre.figs.html#Fig.5
           How to build the lyre found in the image of David in the Vespasian Psalter:

Regia Anglorum site:
        www.regia.org/music.htm
                Reproductions of: gut string hard, Sutton Hoo lyre, deer bone whistles, wood pan-pipes; images of hand bell ringers
                from Bayeaux Tapestry; Vespasian Psalter David with lyre.

        www.regia.org/thorvald.htm
                Reproductions of Irish-style harp and gut-stringed harp.

*  Elizabeth Peters of the University of Utah: www2.art.utah.edu:81/index.html
                Click through "Christian Art" > "Early Middle Ages" > "British Isles"
                    Replica of Sutton Hoo harp


Clothing & Household Artefacts both authentic and reproduced; re-enactors

Clothing
Angelcynn site: www.angelcynn.org.uk
                Uses frames: click "Gallery" or "Clothing" for re-enactors in A/S clothing; other pages under construction.

O'Brien's Celtic and Medieval Page: www.fortunecity.com/bally/cork/129/garb.html
                Links to images of Pictish, Irish and Anglo-Saxon clothing.

Artifacts
Molly Overholt, English Department, Dartmouth University:www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/engl/engl18/riddle.html
                Photo of drinking horn from the British Museum.

Suffolk County Council site: www.suffolkcc.gov.uk/e_and_t/archaeology/erisell/page4.html.
                Excavations at Eriswell Cemetery on Lakenheath Airbase: x-rays of Anglo-Saxon artifacts:
                        Iron shield boss with silver appliques
                        Bronze annular brooch
                        Bronze cruciform brooch
                        2 plate brooches
                        Radiate headed brooch
                        Wrist clasps of coiled wire

*  University of Nottingham page: www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~aczkdc/tenyrs/benty.html
           Benty Grange artefacts, drawings, incl. boar's crest.

Humber Archaeology Partnership site: www.hulcc.gov.uk/archaeology/flixpix3.htm
                From the Flixborough excavation site: brooch backplate, zoomorphic pin, lead "tank", zoomorphic mount, knife.

Canterbury Archaeological Trust site: www.canterburytrust.co.uk/schools/randascr/rasfig13.htm
                Drawings of artifacts found in Canterbury: combs, clasp, pins, pottery, brooch.

A.G. & S. Gillis Coins commercial site: www.gilliscoins.com/antiquities/dark_ages/index.htm
                Anglo-Saxon items for sale vary but include strap ends, pins, brooches, etc.

Museum Reproductions commercial site: www.museumreproductions.co.uk/saxon.htm
                Anglo-Saxon/Viking-era reproductions of pins, strap ends, stirrup mount, weight, brooches, bridle bits, fastener.

*  Raymond's Quiet Press reproductions:
        www.nmia.com/~rqpltd/saxondress.html#tb11        reproductions of brooches, including museum pieces
        www.nmia.com/~rqpltd/Saxon_Belt_Tips.html        reproduction Saxon belt tips
        www.nmia.com/~rqpltd/saxonbelt.html#b54            reproduction belt fittings and buckles

Regia Anglorum site: www.regia.org/games.htm
                Gaming boards, dice, toys, coins (all reproductions).

Re-enactors
Lothene Experimental Archaeological site: www.lothene.demon.co.uk/crafts.html
                Cooking, spinning wool, tablet weaving, embroidery, reproduction of a leather pouch.

Regia Anglorum pages:
        www.regia.org/Saxons1.htm     peasants or farmers
        www.regia.org/food.htm           skinning a deer, jointing pork, cooking on hanging griddle
        www.regia.org/feasting.htm       meal, cooking; "idealized feast scene from a Saxon manuscript
        www.regia.org/ovens.htm         an "Anglo-Saxon style oven"
        www.regia.org/aelfric.htm         charcoal burning: re-enactor and drawing


Works of High Artistic Quality

Fuller Brooch
    *  Simon Keynes' bibliography site www.wmich.edu/medieval/rawl/keynes1/home.htm
                The image here is of a drawing of the brooch.

    *  The Hoard's commercial site with a reproduction: www.thehoard.co.uk/fuller.htm

Kingston Down Brooch
    *  Images of History site: www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ujg/fibula18.jpg
    *  Lawrence Nees of the University of Delaware: site under reconstruction
    * The Hoard's commercial site with a reproduction: www.thehoard.co.uk/kingston.htm

Strickland Brooch
    * The Hoard's commercial site with a reproduction: www.thehoard.co.uk/strickland.htm

Taplow Buckle
    * The Hoard's commercial site with a reproduction: www.thehoard.co.uk/taplow.htm

Chelsey Ring
    * The Hoard's commercial site with a reproduction: www.thehoard.co.uk/chelsey.htm

Alfred Jewel
    *  Ken Robert's site: www.mirror.org/people/ken.roberts/alfred.jewel.html
    *  Ashmolean Museum site: www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/ash/guide/t-text/room35.html
    *  Elizabeth Peters of the University of Utah: www2.art.utah.edu:81/index.html
                Click through "Christian Art" > "Early Middle Ages" > "British Isles"

Franks Casket
    *  O'Brien's Celtic and Medieval Page: www.fortunecity.com/bally/cork/129/artifacts_as.html
                Links here to two images of the casket.
    *  Catholic University of America Western Medieval art: arts-sciences.cua.edu/gl/department/Western_Medieval.html
             Side with Romulus and Remus
             Side with Sack of Troy
             Front view

St. Cuthbert's Pectoral Cross
    *  Historic Northumberland site: www.northumberland.gov.uk/VG/images/cthcrs.jpg

Bayeux Tapestry
    *  University of Haifa's Library of Digitized Arthttp://www-lib.haifa.ac.il/www/art/med/15_7_DETAILS.HTML
           Twenty-two images of the tapestry. [At present picture links are broken.]

    *  Molly Overholt, English Department, Dartmouth University: www.dartmouth.edu/artsci/engl/engl18/hastings.html
                Four photos from the tapestry.

    *  Nick Austin's "Secrets of the Norman Invasion" site: www.cablenet.net/pages/book/index.html
                Site has 14 b/w photos of the tapestry; scroll down for links to the images.

    *  Florida State University: Classroom Version of the Digital Edition: www.english.fsu.edu/bayeux/

    *  Regia Anglorum site: www.regia.org/pastimes.htm
                Image of Harold hunting with falcon.

Various Works
    *  O'Brien's Celtic and Medieval Page: www.fortunecity.com/bally/cork/129/artifacts_as.html
                Links at this site provide images of:
                        8 Kentish brooches, dated 575 - 625
                        Pendant
                        Enamel ornament
                        Walrus ivory casket
                        Ivory panel of Ascension (8th-century)
                        Ivory panel of Christ trampling lion & dragon (8th-century)
                        Ivory panel of monastic scribes (10th-century)


Religious and in-situ sculptures, frescoes, furniture, etc.

*  Brandon, Suffolk, St. John Plaque: http://www.eaareports.org.uk/

*  Stonyhurst (Cuthbert) Bible cover
        Kate Martinson, Luther College: faculty.luther.edu/~martinka/art43/daily/2nd/ston.jpg
        Britannia site:

*  Kate Martinson, Luther College: faculty.luther.edu/~martinka/art43/daily/2nd/lind1.jpg

East Anglian Archaeology site: www.eaareports.demon.co.uk/angsax.html
                Carving in wood of John Evangelist symbol of human with eagle head from Brandon, Suffolk.

Michael Markowski's site at Westminster College:
        people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/mmarkowski/212/6/jar4.html
           Jarrow: Abbey dedication stone.
        people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/mmarkowski/212/6/jar5.html
           Jarrow: A/S-era wooden chair.

Frescoes
Nether Wallop, St. Andrew's parish site: www.hantsnet.org.uk/wallop/majesty.html
                Angel detail of "Christ in Majesty" fresco.

Anne Marshall's Medieval Wall Painting site:
        www.paintedchurch.org/hought.htm
                Houghton-on-Hill: detail of apostles from "Trinity and Last Judgment" fresco.
        www.paintedchurch.org/breamcru.htm
                Breamore painted Rood bas-relief sculpture.

Dacre Bears
*  Visit Cumbria site:

Cumbria Lake District site: www.cumbrialakedistrict.com/anglian.htm

Hedda Stone
Peterborough Cathedral site: www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/gallery/hedda.gif

David Postle's site at the University of Leicester: www.le.ac.uk/elh/pot/img2/pete1.html

Other Sculpted Objects in situ
Romsey, Abbey Church of Sts. Mary and Aethelflaed
        Britannia site: www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/romsey.html      2 crucifixes inside.
        Choir of Romsey Abbey site: www.romseyabbeychoir.org.uk/abbey.htm      Photo of Saxon rood
        Anne Marshall's Medieval Wall Painting site: www.paintedchurch.org/romrood.htm
                Juxtaposed photos of Romsey Abbey Rood with Breamore Rood sculpture.

*   Anne Marshall's Medieval Wall Painting site:www.paintedchurch.org/breamisn.htm
           Breamore Church, A/S/ inscription in arch.

*  David Postle's site at the University of Leicester: www.le.ac.uk/elh/pot/leics/around.html
           Amesbury Church, lavatorium; uses frames; go to #190 on left menu.

*  Castor & Ailsworth Millennium Site: wwwcastorailsworth.free-online.co.uk/kyne.htm
                Photos of 2 sculptural fragments associated with St. Kyneburgha: sarcophagus carving and capital.

David Postle's site at the University of Leicester: www.le.ac.uk/elh/pot/lincs/edenim.html
           Edenham pre-viking sculpture.

Cotswold Hyperguide site: www.digital-brilliance.com/hyperg/villages/bibury/bib04.jpg
           Bibury, St. Mary's church, tombstone (Viking?) set into church wall.

Historic Hexham Trust site: www.tynedale-online.co.uk/hexhamhistory/treasures.htm
           Hexham Priory, cathedra, stone sculptural fragments and figural sculpture.

Tony Kroch's site at the University of Pennsylvania: www.ling.upenn.edu/~kroch/scand/kirkdale.html
           Kirkdale, St. Gregory's Minster, sundial.

Other Artifacts and Such
Cathy Ball's site:  http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/oe/oe-art.html
                Scroll down for decorative clip art of A/S motifs.

*  Church Times site: copies.anglicansonline.org/churchtimes/991022/feat.htm
                Photo of Viking treasure trove, coins & ornaments.
 

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