Alfred Jewel
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The Alfred Jewel is a piece of Anglo-Saxon goldsmithing work made of enamel and quartz enclosed in gold. It was discovered in 1693, in North Petherton, Somerset, England and is now one of the most pop
The Jewel viewed from the front, with the top in shadow
Side-on view of the Jewel
Alexander the Great carried aloft by griffins, Otranto Cathedral floor mosaic
Alfred the Great
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Alfred the Great was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and Æthelwulf's first wife Osburh,
Alfred Jewel
…England and is now one of the most popular exhibits at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It has been dated to the late 9th century, in the reign of Alfred the Great, and is inscribed "AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN", meaning "Alfred ordered me made". The jewel was once attached to a rod, probably of wood, at its base…
Alfred's father Æthelwulf of Wessex in the early 14th-century Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England
King Alfred's Tower (1772) in Somerset, on the supposed site of Egbert's Stone, the mustering place before the Battle of Edington
A plaque in the City of London noting the restoration of the Roman walled city by Alfred
Alfred the Great silver offering penny, 871–99. Legend: AELFRED REX SAXONUM ('Alfred King of the Saxons')