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Background imageSaxon Collection: United States. New York. 50th Anniversary of the introductio

United States. New York. 50th Anniversary of the introductio
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843). German physician, founder of homeopathy. New York. 50th Anniversary of the introduction of homeopathy. Commemorative banquet in the Hospital of Wards Island

Background imageSaxon Collection: Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488-1540). Portrait. Colored engravi

Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488-1540). Portrait. Colored engravi
Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488-1540). German poet. Facsimile of a woodcut by Albrecht Durer, in Elegia ad illustrissimum princepem Joannem Fridericumducem Saxonia, by Hessus. Printed in Nuremberg, 1526

Background imageSaxon Collection: Saxon girl, 1892. Romania

Saxon girl, 1892. Romania
Traditional dress of a saxon girl. 1892. From Transylvania (Romania). Szelindek, Szeben county. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Background imageSaxon Collection: Otto II (c. 955-983). King of Germania (961) and emperor (97

Otto II (c. 955-983). King of Germania (961) and emperor (97
Otto II (c. 955-983). called the Red. King of Germania (961) and emperor (973-983). The emperor received the homage of four nations: Germania, Gaul, Italy and Illyria

Background imageSaxon Collection: Music cover, Anglo-Saxon March by Max Werner

Music cover, Anglo-Saxon March by Max Werner, with a Dreadnought battleship, an allegorical female figure holding an American flag, and the British Lion at her feet. 1898

Background imageSaxon Collection: St Johns, Upper Eldon

St Johns, Upper Eldon
This little church in the village of Eldon, near Kings Sombourne, Hampshire, claims to be the smallest in England. The village itself is only 25 feet long, with only 7 people! Date: 1930s

Background imageSaxon Collection: The marriage of King Harold II

The marriage of King Harold II
The marriage of Saxon King Harold II with Aldyth (Ealdgyth), widow of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and sister to Edwin and Morcar. Date: 1066

Background imageSaxon Collection: Hugh of St Victor / Anon

Hugh of St Victor / Anon
HUGH OF SAINT VICTOR Saxon or Flemish theologian and mystic Date: 1096 - 1141

Background imageSaxon Collection: Saint Sola, Anglo-Saxon monk in Germany

Saint Sola, Anglo-Saxon monk in Germany
Saint Sola (-794), an Anglo-Saxon monk who left England for Germany, where he studied under Saint Boniface. He lived as a hermit, and later founded an abbey at Solnhofen, where he died

Background imageSaxon Collection: There must be a way - Music Sheet Cover

There must be a way - Music Sheet Cover, words and music by Sammy Gallop, David Saxon and Robert Cook, featured and broadcast by Judy Shirley and Sam Browne

Background imageSaxon Collection: Destroying Saxon Idols

Destroying Saxon Idols
Charlemagne orders the pagan idols of the Saxons to be destroyed, building Christian churches instead Date: 778

Background imageSaxon Collection: Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot Fairy

Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot Fairy
A portrait illustration showing three breeds of pigeon. At the top of the illustration is a Burmese pigeon, now commonly known as a Florentine

Background imageSaxon Collection: Military costume of a Norman soldier, 12th century

Military costume of a Norman soldier, 12th century.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834

Background imageSaxon Collection: The Saxon Mill, Guys Cliffe, Warwickshire

The Saxon Mill, Guys Cliffe, Warwickshire
The Saxon Mill, Guys Cliffe, Warwick, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1910s

Background imageSaxon Collection: Group of Saxon Women, Barking, Essex

Group of Saxon Women, Barking, Essex
Group of Saxon Women, Barking, near East Ham, Essex, England. Re-enactment Date: 1920s

Background imageSaxon Collection: Eyam Churchyard, Derbyshire - Anglo Saxon Cross

Eyam Churchyard, Derbyshire - Anglo Saxon Cross
The Anglo-Saxon cross in Eyam churchyard dates from the 8th century and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, previously located beside a cart track near Eyam. Date: 1909

Background imageSaxon Collection: March. Goddess Hrede

March. Goddess Hrede
Hrede, Anglo Saxon goddess of strong March winds. Artist: Sydney Carter Date: 1903

Background imageSaxon Collection: German other ranks belt buckle of 105th Saxon Regiment

German other ranks belt buckle of 105th Saxon Regiment
An extremely rare German other ranks belt buckle of the 105th Saxon Regiment (stamped under base) with the inscription - PROVIDENTIAE MEMOR. Made into the lid of a brass hinged box. Trench Art

Background imageSaxon Collection: Danger Ahead - Cover by David Wright

Danger Ahead - Cover by David Wright
Front cover of Danger Ahead by Peter Saxon, in the Sexton Blake Library series, designed by David Wright and featuring an elegant looking dark-haired woman wearing a strapless dress relaxing against

Background imageSaxon Collection: Performing Bears

Performing Bears
Performing bears in Anglo- Saxon times. Date: medieval

Background imageSaxon Collection: Waltham Abbey

Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, founded in 1030. The present ruins, built by King Harold Godwinson, date from 1060. He was buried here after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Date: 11th century

Background imageSaxon Collection: Battle of the Saxon Wars, Emperor CharlesV s

Battle of the Saxon Wars, Emperor CharlesV s
Battle of the Saxon Wars, Emperor CharlesVs military campaigns against Protestant princes, 16th c. Detail. Gothic art. Fresco. SPAIN. Pamplona. Navarra Museum

Background imageSaxon Collection: ALCUIN, Albinus Flaccus (735-804)

ALCUIN, Albinus Flaccus (735-804). Anglo-Saxon religious man and sage. Engraving

Background imageSaxon Collection: lfrics translation of the Lords Prayer, from a 17th centu

lfrics translation of the Lords Prayer, from a 17th century edition. With decorative initial letter.. From: Divers ancient monuments in the Saxon tongue : written seven hundred yeares agoe

Background imageSaxon Collection: St Lukes Workhouse, Old Street, London

St Lukes Workhouse, Old Street, London
A design by architect Henry Saxon Snell for additions to St Lukes Workhouse on Old Street. The new buildings, opened in 1879, contained administrative offices and infirm wards for 930 inmates

Background imageSaxon Collection: St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary

St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary
An exterior view of the St Marylebone workhouse infirmary. The buildings, designed by Henry Saxon Snell and his son, were located at Rackham Street, Ladbroke Grove

Background imageSaxon Collection: Alcuin & Charlemagne

Alcuin & Charlemagne
ALCUIN Anglo-Saxon scholar, consulted by the emperor Charlemagne Date: 735 - 804

Background imageSaxon Collection: ETHELRED I (D. 871)

ETHELRED I (D. 871)
ETHELRED (AETHELRED) I Anglo-Saxon ruler. Drove Danes from Mercia (868-869). Defeated Danes with brother Alfred at Ashdown (871). Date: ? - 871

Background imageSaxon Collection: LFDCA-LFB three Greenwich fire station appliances

LFDCA-LFB three Greenwich fire station appliances
Pictured on Blackheath, SE London, the three appliances from Greenwich fire station: two Volvo Saxon dual purpose diesel fire engines (pump-ladder and pump)

Background imageSaxon Collection: St Georges Union Receiving House and Casual Ward, Wallis Ya

St Georges Union Receiving House and Casual Ward, Wallis Ya
A London workhouse establishment opened in 1884 by the St Georges Union on Walliss Yard (now Warwick Row), Westminster. It was designed by Henry Saxon Snell. Date: 1884

Background imageSaxon Collection: King Ethelbert Converted

King Ethelbert Converted
Ethelbert, the Saxon King of Kent, is converted to Christianity by Augustine, who had been sent to England by Pope Gregory

Background imageSaxon Collection: Alfreds Education

Alfreds Education
Prince Alfred of Wessex, keen to learn, is taught by his mother, Queen Osburga, while his three elder brothers prefer to play. Date: Circa 860

Background imageSaxon Collection: St Augustine before Ethelbert

St Augustine before Ethelbert
King Ethelbert and his consort Bertha, Saxon rulers of Kent, are addressed by Augustine, sent by Pope Gregory on a Christian mission to England. Date: 597 A.D

Background imageSaxon Collection: Vortigern and Rowena

Vortigern and Rowena
Rowena, beautiful daughter of the Anglo-Saxon leader Hengest, entrances (and gets drunk) the warlord Vortigern, with whom Hengest is negotiating to obtain more land

Background imageSaxon Collection: Meeting of Saxon Chiefs

Meeting of Saxon Chiefs
The meeting place, known as the mote, was where Saxon chiefs would gather at any time of emergency. Date: Circa 5th - 9th Centuries A.D

Background imageSaxon Collection: Odun captures Danish Standard

Odun captures Danish Standard
At Kenwith Castle, Devon, Odun, Saxon Earl of Devon, defeats the Danish invaders and captures their Standard. Date: Circa 877

Background imageSaxon Collection: EARLY NORMAN FONT

EARLY NORMAN FONT
An early Norman font, actually made by Saxon craftsmen, in the church at Launcells, near Bude, Cornwall, England. Date: 11th or 12th century

Background imageSaxon Collection: Roughton Church

Roughton Church
St. Marys Church, Roughton, Norfolk, England. It shows herringbone work, round Saxon windows and has a typically Saxon double-pointed belfry. Date: 10th century

Background imageSaxon Collection: Waltham Abbey Church

Waltham Abbey Church, founded in the 11th century and bequeathed by Edward the Confessor to King Harold. The church was restored in the 19th century. Date: 11th century

Background imageSaxon Collection: Anglo Saxon Font

Anglo Saxon Font
An Anglo-Saxon font, at Ansty Church, Wiltshire, England. Date: 10th century

Background imageSaxon Collection: Saxon Chapel

Saxon Chapel
St. Peter-on-the-Wall Chapel, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex, England. In 654, St. Cedd, Bishop of the East Saxons built this chapel on the ruined (Roman) Othona Fort. Date: 7th century

Background imageSaxon Collection: St. Wollos Church

St. Wollos Church
St. Wollos Cathedral, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, has a Saxon chapel and a Norman nave. The Gothic Casquet was added in the 15th century. A cathedral from 1929 Date: 1960s

Background imageSaxon Collection: Milton Abbey Turf Steps

Milton Abbey Turf Steps
This grass slope is probably the most remarkable in England, consisting of 111 green steps, leading up to a Saxon chapel, at Milton Abbas, Dorset. Date: 1950s

Background imageSaxon Collection: Saxon Church Doorway

Saxon Church Doorway
The fine pointed Saxon doorway of Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Street, Colchester, Essex, England. Date: 11th century

Background imageSaxon Collection: Roodee Racecourse Cross

Roodee Racecourse Cross
The remains of the ancient cross on Roodee Racecourse, Chester, Cheshire, England, which gets its name from the Saxon rood (cross) and eye, meaning island. Date: 1960s

Background imageSaxon Collection: Sandbach Crosses

Sandbach Crosses
In the market square of Sandbach, Cheshire, are these two Anglian Crosses, completed in the 9th century to commemorate the advent of Christianity in 653 A.D. Date: early 1940s

Background imageSaxon Collection: Oddas Chapel

Oddas Chapel, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England. Concealed within a 16th century house is this late Saxon Chantry chapel, built by Odda in 1056. Date: 11th & 16th century

Background imageSaxon Collection: Waltham Abbey Gateway

Waltham Abbey Gateway
The Gateway, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, the sole remains of the important main entrance to the Abbey and the Abbots house. Date: 11th century



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