Anglo - Saxon
fancier versions of her everyday clothes, the poor and middle classes wore their best dress,
often fancied up with ribbon and garlands.
In ancient times, a coin was broken by a young man and half given to his intended and half
for himself. The broken coin represented his intent to return.
Burials
Early Anglo-Saxon burials are traditionally based on cremation on a prye, with the deposition
of corposes in the ground in a pottery container. Later, the unburned body was depodited in a
rectangular grave. Graves were also commonly furnished with goods including jewellery,
ornaments, brooches, beads, girdle-hangers and weaponry. Pottery and other vessels are
sometimes found, as are toilet-sets, knives and amuletic items.
Contribution
Anglo-Saxon art contributed some distinctive iconographic forms to the artistic mainstream
and also stylistic elements. Manuscript painting made a major contribution to the evolution of
Romanesque and, ultimately, Gothic art.
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