Rare Anglo Saxon aestel or manuscript pointer, a sphere of rock crystal in cruciform gold mount
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Rare Anglo Saxon aestel or manuscript pointer, a sphere of rock crystal in cruciform gold mount

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Rare Anglo Saxon aestel or manuscript pointer, a sphere of rock crystal in cruciform gold mount, Similar to several pointers commissioned by Alfred, King of Wessex (871 899 AD) and sent out to the diocese of the kingdom with his translation of Pope Gregory the Greats Pastoral Care. England. Anglo Saxon. 9th century, AD setting. found new Warminster, Wiltshire.

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Werner Forman Archive/Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, England

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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UMG12A21_336

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