The Dolphin Inn Hoard

Re-examining the Early Nineteenth-Century Discovery of a Mid-Thirteenth-Century Hoard from Cambridge

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11616487
AutoresCraig Cessford (0000-0001-7291-7828, autor correspondente), Richard Newman (0000-0002-2603-2209), Martin Allen (0000-0001-8786-6429), David A Hinton, David Hinton
Ano2011
Volume168
Fascículo1
Páginas272-284
Data de publicação2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2011.11020836
OpenAlexW1977623769
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas10

This paper discusses the evidence relating to a mid-thirteenth-century hoard of coins and jewellery discovered beneath a cellar in Cambridge in 1817. Five gold rings with gemstone settings survive from this group and are now in the possession of Trinity College library; these rings are examined, and their date and significance explored. The history of the material—from its initial discovery up until the mid-nineteenth century when the rings were donated to the college—is also investigated. Finally, the original context of the hoard is discussed, including its possible association with the medieval Jewry of Cambridge

Ancient history · Hoard · Archaeology and Natural History · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History