- 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.
- The casket was bought from a Parisian antique shop by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks donated the casket to the British Museum in 1867.
- • Scholarly consensus places the Franks casket in 7th/8th century Northumbria based on linguistic evidence.
- The runic text of the Franks Casket is transcribed below in Unicode. Five cryptogrammic runes for the vowel letters that occur on the right panel of the casket were...
- The Capture of Jerusalem Panel of the Franks Casket (Illustration) - World History Encyclopedia Franks casket By World History Encyclopedia.
- It served as a reliquary but was probably made to hold a holy text such as a Gospel, or the Psalms, and this may have been the original purpose of the Franks Casket.
- Where is Franks Casket? It was first recorded in the possession of a family at Auzon in the Auvergne, during which time it was… dismantled.
- *M. Clunies Ross, "A suggested Interpretation of the Scene depicted on the Right-Hand Side of the Franks Casket", Medieval Archaeology 14 (1970), pp. 148-152.
- Considering the institutional narratives and object histories of the Franks Casket. Rev Professor Sarah Foot on the Franks Casket.
- Meanwhile I have left the figures for your enjoyment. Figure 1. The Franks Casket Photo Michel Wal. Click on images for links to more detailed photos.