10th Century Collection (page 12)

Edward the Martyr, 10th century English king, c1860. Edward (Eadward), king from 975, being offered a poisoned drink by his stepmother Aelfthryth at her home at Corfe Castle, Dorset

Coronation of Otto III, German king, c998. Otto (980-1002), wearing a crown and holding an orb and sceptre, is flanked on the left of picture by representatives of the church

Lothaire, King of France from 954, 19th century. Lothaire (941-986) shown wearing a crown and carrying an orb and sceptre

King David playing a lyre, 10th-11th century. The instrument is probably a Rebec (Rebeck), a 3-stringed instrument developed from the Arab Rabab. From a manuscript of St Martial de Limoges

Anglo-Saxon world map, 10th century. A map showing a flat Earth and the ocean that was thought to surround it. From the British Museum

Noahs Ark in the form of a Viking ship with dragon prow, 10th century. Watched over by two angels, the chosen of God are ready to survive the flood sent to punish the rest of creation

Head of a Viking warrior, c9th-11th century
Head of a Viking warrior. From the National Historical Museum, Stockholm

Bronze figure of Shiva, Tamil Nadu, India, 950. Shiva (Siva), the third member of the Hindu Trimurti, is a god with contrasting qualities of destructive and renovating power

Russians routing Bulgarians in a cavalry skirmish. Chromolithograph from a 10th century Sclavonian manuscript in the Vatican Library

Five-headed bust of Shiva, Mid 10th century
Five-headed bust of Shiva, third divinity of Hindu trinity (trimurti), Mid 10th century. Photograph

Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, 10th century
Gold dinar of the Abbasid dynasty, of Caliph al-Musta sippu. It was minted at Baghdad, 10th century

Silver dirham with a horse and rider, 10th century
Silver dirham with a horse and rider, from the Abassid Dynasty, and possibly of Caliph al Muqtadir, 10th century

Fragment of an Anglo-Scandinavian cross-shaft showing a warrior, c. 10th century
Fragment of an Anglo-Scandinavian cross-shaft from Middleton Church, Yorkshire. It shows a Scandinavian warrior, laid out with weapons in a pagan viking burial, on the face of a Christian cross

Thorwalds Cross-slab, a Viking cross slab showing Ragnarok, 10th century
Viking cross, showing a scene from Ragnarok, showing Odin with raven and spear being attacked by the wolf Fenris, his nephew, 10th century

Viking bronze brooch, c. 8th-11th century
Viking bronze brooch showing two snakes, from the Ashmolean museum, c.8th-11th century

Norse dragon-prowed ship, c10th Century
Norse dragon-prowed ship. Anglo-Saxon manuscript, 10th Century. Now in the British Museum London

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping