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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 159x200, 528x663, 705x886, 940x1181 | 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 + S K L |
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112x200, 404x719, 539x959, 718x1278, 898x1598 | 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 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 132x200, 462x700, 668x1012, 891x1349 | 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 + S K L |
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1093x780, 1457x1040, 1943x1387, 280x200, 820x585 | 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 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1103x833, 1470x1111, 1960x1481, 265x200, 827x625 | 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 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 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 + S K L |
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1132x372, 1509x497, 2012x662, 2515x828, 606x200, 848x279 | 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 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1015x492, 1353x656, 413x200, 761x369 | 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 + S K L |
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1028x495, 1371x660, 415x200, 771x371 | 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 Places shown: none Added: 2010-10-30 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1030x471, 1373x628, 437x200, 750x343 | 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 Places shown: none Added: 2008-01-19 + S K L |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 236.—Saxon Emblems of the Month of MarchOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) March Here we see a hunter with a horn and spear; a man pruning trees with a scythe (or possibly climbing fences with a banana); a man digging with a spade in the field, loosening the soil; another wi [...] Keywords: march, people, months, calendars, bare feet, cartouches, borders, saxon england, farming, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-11-30 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 237.—Saxon Emblems of the Month of April.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) April The illumination of the Saxon Calendar for this month represents three persons elevated on a sort of throne, each with drinking-cups in their hands, and surrounded with attendants upon their fes [...] Keywords: april, months, courts, thrones, agriculture, people, bare feet, cartouches, borders, saxon england, calendars, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2011-01-04 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1943x593, 654x200, 729x222, 972x297 | 239.—Convivial Party. Harleian MS. No. 603.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Harleian MS. 603 is an Anglo-Saxon illuminated psalter from the middle of the 10th century. The party looks more like outright debauchery than just convivial to me! Keywords: people, celebrations, food, wine, drink, eating, saxon england, bare feet, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2010-12-11 + S K L |
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1039x503, 1385x670, 413x200, 779x377 | 240.—Chairs. From Harleian MS. No. 603.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) Harleian MS. 603 is an Anglo-Saxon illuminated psalter from the middle of the 10th century. This is the same manuscript as Fig. 239. The three chairs illustrated here do not look very comfortable, but [...] Keywords: furniture, people, minstrels, saxon england, hats, musical instruments, chairs, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2011-06-06 + S K L |
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1280x800, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 2560x1600, 319x200, 800x500 | 283.—Royal Costume, and the Harness and Equipment of Horses. (Cotton M.S.)Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The Three Kings, the figures of legend that are derived from the story of the wise men, astronomers or astrologers who visited the infant Jesus. The Gospels do not say how many of them there were, bu [...] Keywords: royalty, christmas, religion, costumes, animals, horses, spirit, saxon england, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-09-20 + S K L |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 108x200, 1311x2435, 369x685, 492x914, 656x1218 | 284.—The Harp, Accompanied by Other Instruments (cotton MS.).Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) [The Anglo-Saxons] put their own harp into the hands of the Royal Psalmist (Fig. 284) and indeed we see here King David on his throne, dressed as an Anglo-Saxon king. There’s also a violinist, a trump [...] Keywords: royalty, people, musical instruments, music, christmas, religion, saxon england, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-10-11 + S K L |
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