• The inscriptions on the Franks Casket are alliterative verse, and so give particular emphasis to one or more runes on each side.
  • In complement to the extant literature of the Anglo-Saxon period, the Franks casket offers insights into the allusive and eclectic taste of an Anglo-Saxon audience.
  • The dating and place of origin of the Franks casket comes mainly from the linguistic evidence of the words and the artistic style of the carvings.
  • The Franks Casket is a cornucopia of stories and legends created from the bone of a whale and incorporating its very own riddle.
  • The Franks Casket. Early 8th century Anglo-Saxon. On the right side of the front of the casket is a highly stylized version of the Adoration of the Magi.
  • Nowadays, a cast of it completes this reassembled casket. Due to its history the box is referred to either as Auzon Runic Casket or as Franks Casket.
  • The Franks Casket, a stunning carved whale-bone box, is one of 'Anglo-Saxon' England's most impressive archaeological artefacts.
  • The Capture of Jerusalem Panel of the Franks Casket (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia Franks casket By World History Encyclopedia.
  • One of the chief treasures of the Anglo-Saxon Halls in the British museum is the Franks or Auzon Casket.