British Museum Plan


Early Mediaeval (c. 4th century AD – c. 1000 AD)


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Early Mediaeval (c. 4th century AD – c. 1000 AD)

  • Part of the Asyut, Domagnano, Artres, Sutri, Bergamo and Belluno Treasures, (4th–7th centuries AD)

  • Lycurgus Cup, a unique figurative glass cage cup, and the Byzantine Archangel ivory panel, (4th–6th centuries AD)

  • The Sutton Hoo treasure and Taplow burial, with some of the greatest finds from the early Middle Ages in Europe, England, (6th–7th centuries AD)

  • Two Viking hoards from Norway known as the Lilleberge Viking Burial and Tromsø Burial and the Cuerdale Hoard from England, (7th–10th centuries AD)

  • Irish reliquaries such as the Kells Crozier and Bell Shrine of St. Cuileáin, (7th–11th centuries AD)

  • Early Anglo Saxon Franks Casket, a unique ivory container from northern England, (8th century AD)

  • A number of important pseudo-penannular brooches including the Londesborough Brooch and the Breadalbane Brooch, Ireland and Scotland, (8th–9th centuries AD)

  • Carolingian cut gems known as the Lothair Crystal and Saint-Denis Crystal, central Europe, (9th century AD)

  • Anglo-Saxon Fuller and Strickland Brooches with their complex, niello-inlaid design, England, (9th century AD)

  • Seax of Beagnoth, iron sword with long Anglo-Saxon Runic inscription, London, England, (10th century AD)

  • The earlier of the River Witham swords

Mediaeval (c. 1000 AD – c. 1500 AD)

  • A number of mediaeval ivory panels including the Borradaile, Wernher and John Grandisson Triptychs, (10th–14th centuries AD)

  • The famous Lewis chessmen found in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, (12th century AD)

  • Reliquary of St. Eustace from the treasury of Basel Munster, Switzerland, (12th century AD)

  • The unique Warwick Castle Citole, an early form of guitar, central England, (1280–1330 AD)

  • Savernake Horn, elephant ivory horn with silver gilt mounts, England and Scotland, (1325–1350 AD)

  • Asante Jug, mysteriously found at the Asante Court in the late 19th century, England, (1390–1400 AD)

  • Holy Thorn Reliquary bequeathed by Ferdinand de Rothschild as part of the Waddesdon Bequest, Paris, France, (14th century AD)

  • Dunstable Swan Jewel, a gold and enamel brooch in the form of a swan, England, (14th century AD)

  • A silver astrolabe quadrant from Canterbury, southeastern England, (14th century AD)

  • Magnificent cups made from precious metal such as the Royal Gold Cup and the Lacock Cup, western Europe, (14th–15th centuries AD)

  • The later of the River Witham swords


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