The Franks Casket (British Museum Objects in Focus)

Type

Book

Authors

Leslie Webster

ISBN 10

071412818X

ISBN 13

9780714128184

Tags

History, Art History

Description

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. - from Amzon

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