Only seven (7) days until the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition opens. What are you most looking forward to seeing?
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The bright blue on these pages-- created at Christ Church, Canterbury, about 1000 years ago-- was made from lazurite. This was probably imported from Badakhshan, Afghanistan, 4000 miles away.
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We had a lovely day with visiting us at Museum today. From Anglo Saxon villagers to the life and adventures of Charles Waterton all in one day!

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If you were a rich Saxon family during the Protestant reformation & you wanted a portrait of your daughter that would evade the censorship of Martin Luther - the studio of Lucas Cranach the Elder offered a solution. Have her pose as Salome with the head of St.John the Baptist.

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Losing the head for fashion. In the German renaissance it was the height of fashion for aristocratic Saxon ladies to have their portraits done by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 -1553). Dozens posed piously with sword and decapitated head as "Judith with the Head of Holofernes".

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How interesting Here's one that I hope you'll like from your stone mason's perspective: this is "St Martin's, Wareham" by Elwin Hawthorne which is a stone-built Anglo Saxon church dating from 1030AD as far as I can gather

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Celebrating May with the May or hawthorn, the most commonly mentioned
tree in Anglo-Saxon boundary charters and indicative of a route into the Other World. From our Wilson Collection.

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Clown Fish Painting | Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 24 | Original Painting | Fish Painting | Nautical Wall Art | Beach House Decor | Ocean Painting https://t.co/27s26sGhSt

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Clownfish Pillow | Nautical Pillow | Finding Nemo | Orange Fish | Fish Pillow | Tropical Fish Art | Decorative Pillow | Fishy | Home Decor https://t.co/GtsqX0GStk

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The exhibition catalogue published by
for my exhibition at the , Oct.-Nov. 2017
with essay by Ciaran Bennett
now part of the collection of the the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) https://t.co/ceOtP9551S

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Saxon caught some lunch

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in they wear white to celebrate which i ❤️and that’s why i thought this was so appropriate! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Friends, family and / fans have made my year:) thanks for all the love and support! Art: Eileen deviantart

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The coming of Christ 'the golden blossom': an Anglo-Saxon reflection on Advent, season of poetry and paradox https://t.co/03f6s2WEpe

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Today, for Wyrd's birthday, I painted Saxon's weavile, Tye, following a Cake Making Incident. Weaviles are sometimes... difficult pets.

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