Iβll keep the king when you are gone away. Iβll keep him safe from the dark things that wait. β King by The Amazing Devil
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Some details for archaeology nerds (Here we go again AHAHAHA)
First of all the costume Alfred wears in this pic is BY NO MEANS historical accurate, but if we really want to be 100% accurate then to my knowledge thereβs a high chance that Alfred wouldnβt be wearing dresses gowns at all (whoever decided to make Alfred wear those pretty cough dresses cough in the show I wish your family to prosper for all eternity YOUβRE A HERO), so instead I just chose to design whatever clothes I want and add some Anglo-Saxon elements in it :)
Took inspiration from the 7th century Anglo-Saxon/Frankish crystal ball, now in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Hereβs the thing, I know English men (and the monarchs) donβt wear earrings until the 16th century and earrings werenβt even popular during the Anglo-Saxon period, but once I saw Charles I wearing pearl earrings in his portrait I just canβt help but put something pretty on Alfredβs ears as well lolβ¦Sadly I canβt find the exact size of this one but the official site says that it was used as a pendant/an amulet! Probably for pagan practices though, but itβs pretty, isnβt it? :D
2. Patterns on Alfredβs gown
Taken from the patterns on the Bewcastle Cross in Cumbria (which used to belong to Northumbria, built in around the 7th to early 8th century, aka the period Bede lived in.
The pattern is taken from the Laceby band found in Laceby, Lincolnshire, dated to early 7th century. It seems both Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons enjoy wearing tablet-woven bands? Saw this kind of things a lot in viking clothes reconstruction as well.
From fol. 34r in Book of Kells, the famous Celtic gospel book completed in Ireland circa 800 AD. As you can see I got lazy during drawing this lol but the illustrations in the original manuscripts are really impressive!
Now I donβt know if this is a good news or not but Iβve still got likeβ¦six wips for alhtred in handβ¦Good god of arts DELIVER ME