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Printing-matrix
Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.62

Production date

19th century

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 198mm
width: 37mm
depth: 24mm

Location

Burlington House -

Inscriptions

Inscription content

A. 44

Inscriber role/association

Publication reference

References

Reference details

pp. 331-334; pl. XII

Reference (free text)

XIX.—Note on an Anglo-Saxon Knife, found in Kent, bearing an Inscription, Archaeologia, Volume 44 (Issue 2), 1874.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Image printed on a plate facing p. 332.
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting the front of an Anglo-Saxon knife found in Kent, ornamented with scroll-like decorations within panels and a jagged vertical line of triangles, with an inscription in Old English engraved along the face of the blade. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper attached to surface.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Prof. Richard Rastall FSA.