sword fragment and hilt (The Abingdon Sword)
sword fragment and hilt (The Abingdon Sword). sword fragment and hilt (The Abingdon Sword); silver mounts inlaid with niello (Trewhiddle style); the guard features interlacing animal motifs; the ornament on the upper guard represents the symbols of the Evangelists; the pommel incorporates two outward looking animal heads, now fragmentary
Picture No
10500417
Media ID
44351422
Size
3622px x 5096px
(8.6MB)
Credit
©Ashmolean Museum / Mary Evans
Source
pattern welded iron, sheet silver, niello
Date
Late Anglo-Saxon
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Abingdon Anglo Fragment Fragmentary Inlaid Niello Saxon
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