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Description: The Shaftesbury Bowl from Winchester Cathedral in Winchester, England. Exhibit tag reads: "The Shaftesbury Bowl, late 10th century. Glass. 98. This glass jar was found in front of the High Altar at Shaftesbury Abbey in 1862 or 1904, and may have contained the heart of King Canute who died at Shaftesbury in c. 1035 but was buried in Winchester. It is the only complete piece of late Saxon glass in England."
Title: Winchestercathedralshaftesburybowl
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