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The arts in early England (1903)

Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932, Webster, A. Blyth (Adam Blyth), 1882-1956, Sexton, Eric H. L. (Eric Hyde Lord), 1902-1980 · London, J. Murray · leaf 131

An illustration from The arts in early England, 1903, leaf 131
allum and Franeker,and is later on taken up and perpetuated in the Carolingianpenny series which everywhere superseded the sceattas. Thedevice occurred on an object in the famous Gallo- or, rather,Franco-Roman tomb of about 400 opened at Vermand in theAisne district of France and described by M.… … All silver; enlarged about 2 diameters VALUE OF INSCRIBED SCEATTAS 79 the museum at Zurich. It belongs apparently to this partof Europe, but it does not occur in Anglo-Saxon ornamenta-tion on the tomb furniture and only in one or two instanceson coins, as on a sceat that was a late addition to Mr.…

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