Items matching saxon england (results page 1)

189.—Arms and Costume of a Saxon Military Chief. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The man in the figure is a Saxon soldier. In one hand he holds up a bowl. In the other he holds his spear and shield. He wears a billowing cloak and either boots or shoes with leggings that leave hi [...]

Keywords: costumes, people, soldiers, weapons, saxon england, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-07

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190.—Arms and Costume of an Anglo-Saxon King and Armour Bearer. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A King brandishes a sword; he holds a large shield. At his side and slightly behind him, a boy or young man has a smaller shield.

Keywords: costumes, people, soldiers, weapons, royalty, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-10-09

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193.—Costume of a Soldier. From Cotton MS. Tib. C. 6. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Cotton Manuscript Tiberius C. vi is a psalter from the 11th century. The soldier here has a beard pointy shoes (and striped socks I think), and carries a spear.

Keywords: soldiers, weapons, spears, costumes, beards, clipart, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-28

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194.—Ringed Mail. Cotton MS. Claud. B, 4. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An illustration of a Biblical scene but with Anglo-Saxon costumes and weapons. A king (with a long forked breard) wears a crown, brandishes a heavy sword and carries a shield; he wears ring-mail. Next [...]

Keywords: soldiers, royalty, kings, weapons, swords, shields, mail, armour, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-07-19

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209.—Tower of Earl’s Barton Church Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The church in Earl’s Barton, in Northamptonshire, is a work of several periods of our Gothic architecture; but the tower is now universally admitted to be of Saxon construction (Fig. 209). It exhibits [...]

Keywords: towers, churches, anglosaxon remains, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: Earl’s Barton; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2005-08-23

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227.—Saxon Emblems of the Month of January. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The central portion of the engraving (Fig. 227) represents the ploughman at his labour. Four oxen are employed in the team, and they are guided by a man in front, who bears a long staff. The sower fol [...]

Keywords: january, months, fields, horses, agriculture, people, farmers, mythology, cartouches, saxon england, calendars, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-12-06

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228.—Saxon Emblems of the Month of February. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

February. “They called February Sprout-kele, by kele meaning the kele-wort, which we now call the cole-wort, the great pot-wort in time long past that our ancestors used; and the broth made therewith [...]

Keywords: feburary, months, forests, trees, people, bare feet, cartouches, borders, saxon england, calendars, fires, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-02-06

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229.—Residence of a Saxon Nobleman. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

There’s a lot going on in this Anglo-Saxon nobleman’s house. The nobleman seems to have an open book upside-down on his lap and is handing something, possibly bread, to one of the beggars at his door, [...]

Keywords: saxon england, people, poverty, buildings, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2012-06-16

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230.—Hawking. From Cotton MS. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“All ranks of the Anglo-Saxons delighted in the chace. The young nobles were trained to hunting after their school-days of Latin, as we are told in Asser’s ‘Life of Alfred.’ [...] The illumination of [...]

Keywords: sports, people, birds, falconry, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-04-28

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232.—Copper Syca. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Anglo-Saxon Coins and Seals; the White Horse The coins of a country are amongst the most valuable and interesting of its material monuments. “The study of coins is not to be considered as the province [...]

Keywords: coins, saxon england, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-10-30

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233.—Silver Coin. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

A silver coin, a sceatta (pronounced shottuh, roughly), from the Anglo-Saxon period. The little silver coin, Fig. 233, is called a sceatta. This is a literal Anglo-Saxon word which means money; and wh [...]

Keywords: coins, saxon england, greyscale

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Added: 2010-10-30

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234.—Silver Penny of Offa, King of Mercia. Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The silver coins of the princes of the Heptarchy are for the most part pennies. There is an extensive series of such coins of the kings of Mercia. The halfpenny and the farthing are the ancient names [...]

Keywords: coins, saxon england, greyscale

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Added: 2008-01-19

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