Glass Beads

The Glass Beads of Anglo-Saxon England c AD 400–700

Margaret Guido (ed Martin Welch FSA)

The Glass Beads of Anglo-Saxon England c AD 400 –700Anglo-Saxon beads are a vital source of information for the post-Roman and early Anglo-Saxon periods in Britain, and this book presents the first-ever national survey devoted to them. At its core is a classification of the forms, colours and decorative features of all the glass beads that have been recovered through excavation, supplemented by schedules listing both published and unpublished examples with references to their publication and the museums where they can be studied. The book also includes two essays by Martin Welch, placing the study of glass beads in its historical and archaeological context in early Anglo-Saxon England and suggesting areas where future research should be concentrated.

Margaret Guido pioneered the study of glass beads in Britain; the material she gathered has been edited in this book by Martin Welch, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

  • Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, No. 58
  • ISBN: 0 85115 718 1
  • 243mm x 173mm 376pp 8 colour plates 2 black and white line drawings 32 maps frontispiece
  • £50 hardback Published June 1999 by Boydell & Brewer Ltd for the Society of Antiquaries.
  • Available from Boydell & Brewer Ltd and Oxbow Books with 30 per cent discount