9th Century Collection (page 12)

Amber Playing-Piece. Man with Long beard, from Roholte, Denmark, c8th-mid 11th century. Viking, Denmark, 47 mm high. National Museum, Copenhagen

Amber Head of a Bearded Man, Viking Period, from Denmark, c8th-mid 11th century. National Museum, Copenhagen

Detail of the stern of the Viking Oseburg ship, 9th century
Detail of the stern of the Oseburg ship, from the Oseburg ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museums collection in Oslo, 9th century

Detail of ships on carved lunette (window) from Greek Byzantine church, 9th-10th Century. At Byzantine Museum, Athens

Tibetan mask used in ritual dance, c9th century
This Tibetan mask is used in the ritual Black Hat dance, which is of pre-Buddhist origin, c9th century

Door Ring found in a Viking grave, 9th century
This copper alloy door ring was found in a Viking grave at Vik, Stennes, Norway - but is from Ireland. It probably belonged originally to a monastery door, 9th century

Bronze plaque of a horse, 5th-9th century
Bronze plaque of a horse from Denmark. From the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 5th-9th century

Pictish-Irish Penannular Brooch, 8th century
A pictish-Irish pennanular brooch from Ballynaglough, County Antrim. The brooch is silver gilt and glass, 8th century

Moone Cross, 9th century
Moone Cross, showing a detail of the base, with five loaves and two fishes, 9th century

Native American male pottery figure, 9th-15th century
Native American male pottery figure from the Spiro Mound, Oklahoma, USA. It is part of the Missisipi Valley Culture, 9th-15th century

Mausoleum of Ismail Samani in Samarkand, 9th century
Mausoleum of Ismail Samani (reigned 892-907) in Samarkand, built of baked brick. This was the tomb of members of the Samani dynasty

The Academicians animal head-post from the Oseburg Viking ship burial, 9th century
Animal head-post from the Oseburg ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museums collection in Oslo, 9th century

Brooch from a Viking grave, 9th century
A brooch from a Viking grave in Sweden, now in the Museum of National Antiquities collection in Stockholm, 9th century

West face of the Celtic Moone high cross, 9th century
West face of the Moone high cross, from Kildaire in Ireland, 9th century

Defensive Celtic round tower, 9th century
Defensive Celtic round tower of the manetic settlement at Clonmachois in County Offaly, Ireland. The Vikings could sail up the River Shannon to attack the monasteries, 9th century

Bosham Church in Sussex, 9th century

Viking gold arm-ring with tree of life symbols, 9th century
This Viking gold arm ring is from Rabylille, Jutland in Denmark. Its decorated with tree of life symbols, 9th century

Circular Viking gold brooch from Denmark, 9th century
A circular golden Viking brooch from Hornelunde near Varde in Denmark. From the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 9th century

The Strickland Brooch, Anglo-Saxon, mid-9th century. Plain gold panels with a pattern of dog-like animals with collars, deeply carved to form an openwork effect

Image of the martyrdom of St Edmund, 9th century
Wall-painting of the martyrdom of St Edmund (841-869), in the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Pickering, Yorkshire, 9th century

The Academicians animal head-post from the Oseburg ship burial
Animal head-post from the Oseburg ship burial, now in the Viking Ships Museum in Oslo

The Academicians animal head-post from the Oseburg ship burial, 9th century
Animal head-post from the Oseburg ship burial, now in the Viking Ships Museum in Oslo, 9th century

Carved head detail from a cart in the Oseburg Viking ship burial, 9th century
Carved head detail from a cart in the Oseburg Viking ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museums collection in Oslo, 9th century

Detail of decorations from a Viking ship burial, 9th century
Detail of animal interlace decorations from a Viking ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museum in Oslo, 9th century

Detail of the Oseberg Cart from the Oseberg ship burial, 9th century
Detai of the Oseberg Cart from the Oseberg ship burial. A woman holds back a man who is attacking a rider, 9th century

Detail of woodcarving from a Viking sledge, 9th century
Detail of woodcarving from a Viking sledge in the Oseburg ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museum, Oslo, 9th century

Detail of a Celtic bucket from the Oseburg Ship burial, 9th century
Detail of a Celtic figure on a bucket handle from the Oseburg Ship burial in Norway. It appears to be Irish, from a Viking raid. Now at the Viking Ships Museum in Olso, 9th century

Viking gilded bronze dress fastener, 9th century
Viking gilded bronze dress fastener from Denmark. Now in the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 9th century

Silver Viking Thors Hammer amulet, 9th century
Silver Thors Hammer amulet from the Viking period. From the National Museums collection in Copenhagen, 9th century

Stained glass window of St Edmund being martyred by Danes, 9th century
Stained glass window of St Edmund being martyred by Danes in 870 AD, from Greenstead Saxon Church in Essex, 9th century

Statue of King Alfred, 9th century
Statue of King Alfred (849 - 26 October 899) at Wantage in Oxfordshire, 9th century

Bronze Viking brooch, c. 8th-11th century
Bronze Viking brooch, from the Ashmoleons collection, c.8th-11th century

Amber Viking playing piece, 8th-11th century
Amber Viking playing piece depicting a man with a long beard from Roholte, Denmark. From the collection of the National Museum, Copenhagen, 8th-11th century

Detail of a Pictish Stone with biblical scenes, 9th century
A pictish stone with possible biblical references, i.e Judges 15.16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men

Irish Celtic High Cross, Clonmacnoise, Ireland. 9th century

Lothair I, Frankish Emperor, 9th century. Lothair (795-855) seated on a throne and wearing a crown flanked by two guards. When the Emperor Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne

Charlemagne, King of the Franks, accepting the submission of the Saxons, 777 (19th century). Charlemagne (741-814) became King of the Franks in 768, jointly with his brother Carloman

Scenes from the life of St Jerome, from the Bible of Charles the Bald, 9th century. Top: Jerome (c342-420) leaves Rome for Jerusalem to take Hebrew lessons; centre

Jabir Ibn Hayyan, Abu Musa, Arab chemist and alchemist. Jabir Ibn Hayyan (Al Jabir) (c721-c815) was court physician to Harun al-Rashid. He is also known as Geber in Latin

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

Portrait of Saint John from the Book of Kells, c800. The Book of Kells is a manuscript of the Four Gospels originally thought to have been produced in Ireland in the 6th century at the time of St

Monogram page from the Book of Kells Christi Auteum Generatio, c800. The Book of Kells is a manuscript of the Four Gospels originally thought to have been produced in Ireland in the 6th century at

Opening words of St Matthews Gospel Liber Generationes, from The Book of Kells, c800 century. The Book of Kells is a manuscript of the Four Gospels originally thought to have been produced in Ireland

Gurm Gamle (Gormo), King of Denmark from 840, 1815
Gurm Gamle, King of Denmark from 840, 1815. Gurm Gamle (Gormo) wearing a leather corselet over a tunic, a hat/crown of many folds

Charlemagne, king of the Franks. Charlemagne (Charles the Great) (747-814) was crowned Christian emperor of the west in St Peters Cathedral, Rome, on Christmas Day 800

Charlemagne, king of the Franks, c1920. Charlemagne (Charles the Great) (747-814) was crowned Christian Emperor of the West in St Peters Cathedral, Rome on Christmas Day 800

Saint Charlemagne, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
Saint Charlemagne, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 30th January 1892

King Alfred burning the cakes, 878 (1864). Legend has it that Alfred (849-899), offered shelter from the Danes by a woman at Athelney in the Somerset marshes

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