Early Anglo-Saxon Christian Reliquaries Hardback
by Anthony Gibson
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Description
Early Anglo-Saxon Christian Reliquaries presents a corpus and discussion of a group of Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy containers dating to the seventh and possibly eighth centuries, and variously described as work boxes, needle cases, amulet containers or Christian reliquaries.
Seventy-one boxes, some incomplete or fragmentary, have been recorded from forty-nine sites across Anglo-Saxon England.
A typology, material specification, drawings, design and construction principles are provided, and a nomenclature applicable to these containers is outlined.
Catalogue entries give details of site location, description, decorative features and references.
Three box types are identified, and a concluding discussion suggests that boxes of Types I and II had a Christian function and should be considered as reliquaries.
Type III boxes had a secular function, and their purpose remains enigmatic.
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- Pages:106 pages, 4 tables, 24 figures, 6 colour plates; 4 tables, 24 figures, 6 colour plates
- Publisher:Archaeopress
- Publication Date:10/03/2022
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- ISBN:9781789694086
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:106 pages, 4 tables, 24 figures, 6 colour plates; 4 tables, 24 figures, 6 colour plates
- Publisher:Archaeopress
- Publication Date:10/03/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781789694086
