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A DECORATED AND INSCRIBED STRAP-END FROM NUFFIELD, OXFORDSHIRE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2020

Leslie Webster ,
Elisabeth Okasha  and
David Williams
Leslie Webster
Affiliation:
2 Trowley Hill Road, FlamsteadAL3 8EE, UK. Email: lewebster@arachne.myzen.co.uk
Elisabeth Okasha
Affiliation:
74 Donscourt, Bishopstown, CorkT12 HHP1, Ireland. Email: e.okasha@ucc.ie
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Abstract

The object described and discussed in this paper is a recently found Anglo-Saxon strap-end. Although incomplete, the strap-end is of interest in view of its rarity in being made of silver, of its decoration and of it containing an inscribed text. One part of the decoration is a depiction of the agnus dei. In the discussion, the decoration on the strap-end, and its significance, is set in the context of other instances of the agnus dei, both on artefacts and in manuscripts, from late Anglo-Saxon England.

Keywords

Late Saxon metalworkAnglo-Saxon iconographystrap-endagnus deiOld English inscription
Type
Research paper
Information
The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 101 , September 2021 , pp. 213 - 219
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society of Antiquaries of London

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Footnotes

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David Williams sadly died as this paper was being completed. The other two authors record with gratitude their thanks to David for bringing the strap-end to their attention and for his contribution to the paper.

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