51°22′29″N 2°26′27″W / 51.374687°N 2.440724°W / 51.374687; -2.440724 The Alfred Jewel is a piece of Anglo-Saxon goldsmithing work made of enamel and quartz...
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its base. The jewel certainly dates from Alfred's reign. Although its function is unknown, it has been often suggested that the jewel was one of the...
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Saint Neot (monk) (section The Alfred Jewel)
Earle, The Alfred Jewel: an Historical Essay, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1901, page 29 The Alfred Jewel, https://www.ashmolean.org/alfred-jewel#/ Whitaker...
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and enamel Alfred Jewel, discovered in 1693, which is assumed to have been fitted with a small rod and used as a pointer when reading. Alfred provided functional...
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The Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom, originally the Crown Jewels of England, are a collection of royal ceremonial objects kept in the Jewel House at...
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James Arthur Thomas Jewel Marsh (4 December 1909 – 3 December 1995), known professionally as Jimmy Jewel, was an English comedian and actor whose long...
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of the 1690s in archaeology involved some significant events. 1693 - Alfred Jewel discovered at North Petherton in Somerset, England. 1697 - Commemorative...
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Sargent, Piero di Cosimo, William Holman Hunt, and Edward Burne-Jones The Alfred Jewel Watercolours and paintings by J. M. W. Turner The Messiah Stradivarius...
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The Jewel That Was Ours is a crime novel by Colin Dexter, the ninth novel in Inspector Morse series. This novel was written by Dexter after he wrote a...
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Athelney is around 6 miles (9.7 km) from North Petherton, where the Alfred Jewel (an Anglo-Saxon ornament dating from the late 9th century) was discovered...
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Burhs (fortified places) had been set up by 919, such as Lyng. The Alfred Jewel, an object about 2.5-inch (64 mm) long, made of filigree gold, cloisonné-enamelled...
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as treasures such as the Scorpion Macehead, the Parian Marble and the Alfred Jewel. It also contains "The Messiah", a pristine Stradivarius violin, regarded...
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as treasures such as the Scorpion Macehead, the Parian Marble and the Alfred Jewel. It also contains "The Messiah", a pristine Stradivarius violin, regarded...
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book and an aestel (a pointer stick similar to that associated with the Alfred Jewel) in a sack and fleeing mounted spearmen. He buries the sack near a standing...
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Jewel Thief is a 1967 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller heist film directed by Vijay Anand. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Vyjayantimala and...
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Society emblem is a representation of the enamel plaque of the Anglo-Saxon Alfred Jewel, omitting its gold frame, but with an added scroll bearing the Society's...
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From England itself, the Alfred Jewel, with an enamel face, is the best known of a group of finely worked liturgical jewels, and there are a number of...
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not tarnish as silver does. The 8th-century Irish Ardagh Chalice The Alfred Jewel, a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon ornament The Khakhuli triptych, a large gold...
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Burhs (fortified places) had been set up by 919, such as Lyng. The Alfred Jewel, an object about 2.5 inch long, made of filigree gold, cloisonné-enamelled...
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Old English literature (section Alfred)
of the Rood preserved in the Vercelli Book), the Frank's Casket, the Alfred Jewel. The Soul's Address to the Body (c. 1150–1175) found in Worcester Cathedral...
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Fore Street between the Community Centre and the former George Inn. The Alfred Jewel, an object about 2.5-inch (64 mm) long, made of filigree gold, cloisonné-enamelled...
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in 1768 and held the living for 65 years. The parish is part of the Alfred Jewel benefice within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. The church consists of...
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Æthelred, king of Wessex died and was succeeded by his younger brother Alfred. Alfred was immediately confronted with the task of defending Wessex against...
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Viking winter camp Re-evaluated age of Repton Crypt skeletal remains Alfred Jewel Burrow Island burial site Cat's Brain and Dorstone long barrows Leekfrith's...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, known as Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1955 to 1962, aired 32 episodes during its eighth season from 1962 to 1963. It was the...
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consequently renamed, by permission, Alfred House. Alfred reportedly ate off gold plates with gold cutlery inlaid with jewels. In 1862, Queen Victoria wrote...
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Rice and Boardman have both argued that the figure on the Anglo-Saxon Alfred Jewel intended to represent this scene in order to represent the notion of...
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blank verse; both were about love and marriage. In 1908 she wrote King Alfred’s Jewel, a historical drama also in blank verse. As an avid pacifist she wrote...
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made 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...
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