The Franks Casket

By Leslie Webster and Professor Leslie Webster PhD FSA

This concise; beautifully illustrated guide explores the enigmatic Franks Casket; carved from whalebone in 8th century northern England; and decorated with scenes from tales both pagan and Christian; as well as runic inscriptions. Leslie Webster helps the general reader to make sense of its iconography and meaning; the processes of its manufacture; and its somewhat confused history - it was rediscovered in modern times in France; whilst one panel remains in Florence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071412818X
• ISBN13: 9780714128184
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 55 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.1"