Bestseller No. 28
The Franks Casket: British Museum Objects in Focus
- This new edition is an accessible introduction to one of the most prized objects in the British Museum, The Franks Casket a whalebone box that has intrigued and puzzled viewers since its rediscovery in the nineteenth century
- They are accompanied by texts in both Old English and Latin, written in both the runic and Roman alphabets
- The lively scenes depicted are drawn from a variety of sources, including Germanic and Roman legends and Jewish and Christian stories
- Made in northern England in the eighth century AD, the sides and lids of the rectangular casket carry some of the richest and most intricate carvings known from Anglo-Saxon times
- Every purchase supports the British Museum