Work of Art Record 29160

Record No

29160

Collection

The Jane Hayward Database of Medieval Art

Location

United Kingdom, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, University of Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

Date

875 - 900

Subject Headings

Alfred the Great

Notes

The "Alfred Jewel"

Male figure, three-quarter length, possibly Personification of Sight or Personification of Holy Wisdom, seated on stool, holding scepter or flower in each hand.

Openwork inscription AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN ("Alfred ordered me to be made") in gold around frame.

Alternative identifications for the figure include Christ, Alfred the Great, a Saint or Alexander the Great: Celestial Journey.

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