Event Item: 00091

Anglo-Saxon Art in the Round

Exhibition: 23rd May 2008 to 7th Sep 2008

Source: http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

This exhibition will show for the first time early Anglo-Saxon coins from the De Wit collection, recently purchased by the Fitzwilliam Museum with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Art Fund.

These gold shillings and silver pennies display the most innovative range of pictorial and geometric designs drawn from Classical and Germanic sources, with bold images of people, animals, plants and geometric motifs both rich in detail and sophisticated in concept. These pieces will be juxtaposed with contemporary ornamental metalwork drawn from other museums in the region, illuminating the previously lost treasures of an artistically vibrant period of history.

Anglo-Saxon Art in the Round is accompanied by a programme of talks exploring the Anglo-Saxon world and a series of interactive handling sessions.