Stylistic cross-currents, three solar crosses
European Museums, The British MuseumSolar disc on stylistic cross-currents, mix of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian art styles.
Stylistic cross-currents
These objects reflect the mixing of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian art styles at this time. The speckled beasts on the silver casket panels are Anglo-Saxon in style, but their double-lined bodies are influenced by Viking art. The snake and four-legged creature entwined on the disc brooch are of Viking style, but the dots on the snake's body and the brooch's scalloped border are Anglo-Saxon features.
A.D. 900s - 1000s, 1954,1201.1-2. Pitney, Somerset, 1979,1101.1
Supplementary images:
Solar disc on stylistic cross-currents, mix of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian art styles
Taken on Monday 17th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Tags:
anglo-saxon
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circle
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cross
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cross inside a circle
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cross on metal
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cross with circle in the center
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four-point
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four-pointed cross
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metal
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scandinavia
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solar disc
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stripes
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three-pointed
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triquetra
Genre:
900 - 1000 A.D.
Source: London, United Kingdom
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