Early Anglo-Saxon Christian Reliquaries

by Anthony Gibson

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 1789694086

ISBN-13 9781789694086

Publisher Archaeopress

Imprint Archaeopress

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 10th, 2022

Print length 106 Pages

Weight 500 grams

Dimensions 20.90 x 26.20 x 1.30 cms

Product Classification: Medieval European archaeology

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This volume presents a corpus and discussion of seventy-one Anglo-Saxon copper-alloy containers from forty-nine sites across England dating to the seventh and possibly eighth centuries, and variously described as work boxes, needle cases, amulet containers or Christian reliquaries.

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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