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Staffordshire Hoard is coming to America – Medievalists.net

August 13th, 2011

 

Sword pyramid (image from StaffordshireHoard.org.uk)

Sword pyramid (image from StaffordshireHoard.org.uk)

Staffordshire Hoard is coming to America – Medievalists.net.

Wonderful news! Can’t wait to see the exhibition. Given the current collaborators, I’m sure it will be top notch. It has been a long time since I’ve seen a world-class medieval exhibition, the last one being “The Making of England” at the British Museum/Library some twenty years ago.

For more information about the hoard, see the website. In late 2009, the British Museum Press published a small (48pp) volume on the hoard (ISBN: 978-0714123288), with a sampling of photographs.

HT to Medieval News

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Staffordshire Hoard: The Book

January 4th, 2010
The Staffordshire Hoard Book (from the British Museum Shop website)

The Staffordshire Hoard Book (from the British Museum Shop website)

I just received my copy of the British Museum book on the Staffordshire Hoard. Although it’s a bit shorter than I’d like (but matches the page count listed on the BM site), it has some lovely pictures, a concise history, and an overall adequate summary of the find itself. Glad to support the work going on there.

Some day, I’d like to see the artifacts in person, but until I get across the pond, I’ll have to settle for this book. A tidy little picturebook, to be sure…

Get yours today!

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