The Art of the Anglo-Saxon Goldsmith: Fine Metalwork in Anglo-Saxon England: Its Practice and Practitioners

by Elizabeth Coatsworth and Michael Pinder

Throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, goldsmiths produced work of a high standard in both design and craftsmanship, both for personal adornment, and to embellish bookbindings, reliquaries, vessels and weapons. Some works are well known, particularly the magnificent gold and garnet regalia from Sutton Hoo, but this represents only a fraction even of the surviving work, and much more has been lost. This book is the first to look at the goldsmiths' products...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851158838
• ISBN13: 9780851158839
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.7"