The Franks Casket
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Objects in Focus
ISBN-10
071412818X
ISBN-13
9780714128184
Publisher
British Museum Press
Imprint
British Museum Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 7th, 2013
Print length
64 Pages
Weight
168 grams
Dimensions
21.10 x 15.00 x 0.60 cms
Product Classification:
History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CECarvings: artworks
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This concise, beautifully illustrated guide explores the enigmatic Franks Casket, carved from whalebone in 8th century northern England, and decorated with scenes from tales both pagan and Christian, as well as runic inscriptions.
This concise, beautifully illustrated guide explores the enigmatic Franks Casket, carved from whalebone in 8th century northern England, and decorated with scenes from tales both pagan and Christian, as well as runic inscriptions. Leslie Webster helps the general reader to make sense of its iconography and meaning, the processes of its manufacture, and its somewhat confused history - it was rediscovered in modern times in France, whilst one panel remains in Florence.
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