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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 167

An illustration from The arts in early England, 1903, leaf 167
Taplow, Bucks, and Broomfield, Essex. On theformer site there were certainly between a dozen and twentyvessels of different kinds, which might be held to imply habitsof potation in the distinguished occupant of the richly furnishedgrave. The materials of these Anglo-Saxon vessels are horn,leather,… … I, the original is i8 in. lonj; ; 2, is 10 in. high2 is Late-Celtic DRINKING HORNS 461 of life. The exceptional class is that of the sepulchral urnof clay which is often found actually containing the ashes ofthe deceased person in whose grave it is placed, and may beconsidered as fabricated…

Art · Architecture · Architecture, Medieval · Church architecture · Crosses · Decoration and ornament, Celtic · Inscriptions, Runic

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