Interestingly, the same document concerning the monastery of Corbie in northern France (reconfirmed by Chilperic II in 716) also mentions an annual quantity of 2 pounds of cloves, which were only grown in Indonesia—see https://twitter.com/siwaratrikalpa/status/1007600535443263488 … :)
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A 6th-century Frankish bird brooch decorated with Indian garnets and a pearl: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464859 …pic.twitter.com/giSAtwMKA7
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A cowrie shell from the Red Sea or Indian Ocean found in an Anglo-Saxon grave in Lincolnshire: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/07/indo-pacific-beads-europe.html …pic.twitter.com/uuH1VV03d3
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A 7th-centuy Frankish brooch set with garnets and a sapphire that probably originated in Sri Lanka: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/465373 …pic.twitter.com/qkF500OBCQ
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Votive crown of King Recceswinth, 7thC AD, made of gold, rock crystal, pearls and sapphires: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orfebrería_visigoda_en_el_MAN_(14234939376)_(2).jpg …pic.twitter.com/wfVa66oAmw
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A late 5th-/early 6th-century paten made from gold, turquoise and Indian/Sri Lankan garnets; found with early 6th-century Byzantine coins and a chalice near Gourdon, France: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trésor_de_Gourdon_02.JPG …pic.twitter.com/UuO541gbks
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wow - Sleaford!
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Lincolnshire comes up trumps again!!'':)
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