http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=7885
The recent discovery of an Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard in Staffordshire is of immense cultural importance to the English people, for it reveals that the culture, art and technological achievements of England and the English people over a thousand years ago were on a par with anything seen today.
The treasure hoard including sword hilts, helmets, jeweled pommels and other exotic golden goods of intricate design, are amongst the most beautiful in the history of European art.
The work reveals that the designer and goldsmith who made the items was the same individual who designed and made the Sutton Hoo treasure, as the art, design and complexity of the work is the same.
This individual, whoever he was, was the Leonardo Da Vinci of his day. He was an expert in metallurgy, abstract expressionistic art, a technical master as regards the use of metals who made the weaponry in the horde as deadly as it was beautiful. He was also a supreme propagandist.
The treasures were designed as Warrior Propaganda for an Anglo-Saxon King, and were designed to awe his opponents and vassals. One can imagine this warrior king riding onto the battlefield wearing the gold encrusted weapons and armour, and the effect this would have had on his enemies. It would have been as if one of the Norse Gods themselves, such as Odin or Fro-Ing had ridden into battle.The items, provisionally dated to around the 7th century are on a par with the treasures of Tutankhamun, and are of international importance.
On one of the items is a Biblical inscription in Latin from the Book of Numbers, Chapter 10 verse 35 which reads: ‘Rise up, o Lord, and may thy enemies be dispersed and those who hate thee be driven from thy face’
Truly a motto for the English and England today when read in accord with the words of the East Anglian King Edmund prior to his death against the Viking invaders in 869AD: “me leofre waere thaet ic on ge-feohte feolle, with thaem the min folc moste hiera eares brucan” (I would rather fall in battle in order that my people may keep their land).
The hoard can be see in the Birmingham Museum of Art for a month from October 13th.
See you there.
http://dailytruth.co.uk/2009/09/anglo-saxon-treasure-a-revelation/