The Franks Casket (or the Auzon Casket) is a small Anglo-Saxon whale's bone (not "whalebone" in the sense of baleen) chest from the early 8th century, now in the British Museum. The casket is densely decorated with knife-cut narrative scenes in flat two-dimensional low-relief and with inscriptions mostly in Anglo-Saxon runes.
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- The Franks Casket, as displayed in the British Museum; the front and lid. The Franks Casket (or the Auzon Casket) is a small Anglo-Saxon whale's bone...
- This is the Franks Casket. It is the centrepiece of the British Museum’s Anglo-Saxon collection and is perhaps the most important extant Anglo-Saxon artefact.
- 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 Franks Casket is a cornucopia of stories and legends created from the bone of a whale and incorporating its very own riddle.
- 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 an odd and interesting relic from a forgotten time with a rather misleading name. It was neither crafted by the Franks nor is it a ...
- One of the chief treasures of the Anglo-Saxon Halls in the British museum is the Franks or Auzon Casket.
- As a sum of numerous essays and the web site "Franks-Casket.de" the mentioned publication appeared in Germany (2021) and the USA (2023).
- Considering the institutional narratives and object histories of the Franks Casket.2 bin görüntülemeYayınlandı4 Şub 2015
- The Franks Casket, a stunning carved whale-bone box, is one of 'Anglo-Saxon' England's most impressive archaeological artefacts.
