Anglo-Saxon art

embroidered wall-hanging art depicting the Norman invasion of England

archaeological site near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK

hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork discovered in 2009

Anglo-Saxon carved chest

style of art produced in the post-Roman history of the British Isles

art of the Anglo-Saxon period

decorative element of bands or portions of other motifs looped, braided, and knotted in complex geometric patterns

A sceat or sceatta ( ; , ) was a small, thick silver coin minted in England, Frisia, and Jutland during the Anglo-Saxon period that normally weighed 0.8–1.3 grams (about  troy ounce). It is now (as of 2024) more commonly known in England as an 'early penny'.

decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet

thumb|Miniature from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.945, f. 107r A Hellmouth, or the jaws of Hell, is the entrance to Hell envisaged as the gaping mouth of a huge monster, an image that first appeared in Anglo-Saxon art, and then spread all over Europe. It remained very common in depictions of the Last Judgment and Harrowing of Hell until the end of the Middle Ages, and was still sometimes used during the Renaissance and after. It enjoyed something of a revival in polemical popular prints after the Protestant Reformation, when figures from the opposite side wou

Christian cross in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK

cross in Gosforth, Cumbria, England, UK

archaeological find

10th century Anglo-Saxon seax

8th-century Anglo-Saxon helmet

chalice

brooch in the form of a flat disk, with a pin back

style of manuscript illumination originating in the British Isles and Ireland

7th century Anglo-Saxon helmet

Archeological site in Essex, UK

Anglo-Saxon artefact from the seventh century AD.

hoard in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK

6th-century Anglo-Saxon helmet

9th century Anglo-Saxon brooch

plucked string instrument widely used in north-western Europe from pre-Christian to medieval times

Anglo-Saxon gold object

9th century Anglo-Saxon brooch