A Romano-Egyptian mosaic glass inlay of a grumpy lion, Egypt, 1stC BC–1stC AD: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21926/lot/117/ …pic.twitter.com/2xE2FEqIdd
History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.
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A Romano-Egyptian mosaic glass inlay of a grumpy lion, Egypt, 1stC BC–1stC AD: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21926/lot/117/ …pic.twitter.com/2xE2FEqIdd
A perhaps late 6th-century drawing of two lions departing Noah's Ark, Ashburnham Pentateuch, ?Rome: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53019392c/f30 … #WorldLionDaypic.twitter.com/hzpebnAwWc
A garnet intaglio of a lion mounted in a seventh-century Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, from Sibertswold Down, Kent (pics=Faussett 1856; Novum Inventorium Sepulchrale).pic.twitter.com/9pybgL5MKI
An anecdote concerning a fight between Hardigt — a man sent to the emperor by 11thC Anglo-Saxon emigrants to the Byzantine Empire — & some lions at Constantinople; from the Laon chronicle account of the medieval New England on the Black Sea: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/03/wulfric-of-lincoln-byzantine-ambassador.html … #WorldLionDaypic.twitter.com/4rOZSRey2d
Wow!
"Leader" of the VarangianGuard,I can buy,but "commander of the naval forces"!?Difficult.
Irrelevant:
I'm sternly convinced that New England Anglo-Saxon colony,coincides with the "Gothia" community around the city of Kherson.
It seems,the English claimed #Balaklava earlier :Ppic.twitter.com/nTbNctK1t4
Well, for what it's worth, the 'Advices to the Emperor' in Kekaumenos's Strategikon, written late 1070s & then revised up to c. 1100, complains of the emperor favouring 'the foreigner who has come to us from England' and 'making him head of a department of state or general'...!
Hey, I've got this book. And I've never noticed it. Although, indeed it sounds like this certain Slavic-Armenian «Roman» dignitary,Kekaumenos/Kikhatzi, who couldn't restrain himself from expressing easy accusations, eg against Vlachs, or against the conduct of other nobles.
There's also a couple of other references that are of interest, listed in the blog post :) It's a fascinating topic, but definitely can be hard to know what to believe! (Some argue that the lion-fighter is a figment , for example!)
I've found the specific line in Kekaumenos: «Οπόταν γαρ τιμήσης τον εξαγγέλοις εθνικόν ελθόντα πριμικήριον ή στρατηγόν,τι αξίαν έχεις δούναι τω Ρωμαίω στρατηγίαν;» If "εξαγγέλοις" is rendered as "εξ Αγγέλοις"= "from the Angels",a pun for "from Anglia",also used by popeGregory >>pic.twitter.com/Q482Lrh6Jv
Meaning: «If you honour an expat "from the Angels"(=émigrés from post-1066England)as a primicerius(=any civil dignitary)or a strategus(=military general),what's the worth of giving the generalship to a Roman(=native citizen)?» Once more Kekaumenos proves spiteful,xenophobe,petty
Well found! Yes, fascinating but telling comment...
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