"iconographic" - 1 õppematerjal

Anglo - Saxon

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. The early Anglo-Saxon period is notable for its cemeteries, most of which are found in the southern and eastern parts of England. There is a substantial Anglo-Saxon contribution to the modern English gene pool - a large- scale population movement or immigration in the early Anglo-Saxon period.