Engineering:Gandersheim Casket

The Gandersheim Casket is a small Anglo-Saxon chest from the 8th century, now in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig, Germany .

The panels of the casket are decorated with interlace carvings of animals, plants and abstract shapes. A runic inscription appears on the inner side of the lid.

References

• Marth, Regine, ed (2000). Das Gandersheimer Runenkästchen: Internationales Kolloquium, Braunschweig, 24.-26. März, 1999. Braunschweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum. 
• Webster, Leslie (2014). "Gandersheim Casket". in Lapidge, Michael; Blair, John; Keynes, Simon et al.. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England (2nd ed.). Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 978-0-470-65632-7. Template:Germany-hist-stub