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Description: | The Alfred Jewel is inscribed "aelfred mec hect gewyrcan", "Alfred ordered me to be made" i.e. Alfred the Great (871-899). The jewel, of gold and enamel, is covered with rock crystal. It was discovered in 1693 and is kept in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. | Subjects: | Artistic Work | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | Taunt, Henry | Identifier: | http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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