A fabulous 'hobbit's-eye view' from the back of an eagle :)https://twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1038419050341101569 …
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Two more eagles, dating to the 5thC/6thC, from San Marino & Romania: https://www.gnm.de/ausstellungen/dauerausstellung/vor-und-fruehgeschichte/ … & http://www.mpov.uw.edu.pl/en/thesaurus/tribes-and-peoples/gepids …pic.twitter.com/D96bNqSVaa
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The eagle from the early 7th-century Sutton Hoo shield: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=722946001&objectid=86436 …pic.twitter.com/byolg4ZX4I
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A 4th-/5th-century Roman eagle made of lapis lazuli from Afghanistan; possibly the top of an imperial sceptre? https://art.thewalters.org/detail/10590/imperial-eagle/ …pic.twitter.com/8ER8ts8Ytu
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A pair of lovely 6th-century Visigothic eagle brooches, glass and garnet cloisonné; found SW Spain: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/16373/eagle-fibula-3/ …pic.twitter.com/YHswtpMG49
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Two probably mid-5th-century eagle brooches from the Pietroasa Gothic treasure, Romania: https://plus.google.com/photos/117513149298556238652/albums/6063298198618949505 … & https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Closca_cu_puii_de_aur_IMG_1664.JPG …pic.twitter.com/Dsgb90Oopy
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The eagle of St John from the Anglo-Saxon Otho–Corpus Gospels, probably a product of the Lindisfarne scriptorium around AD 700; CCCC MS 197B, f.1.pic.twitter.com/pm2eJD7a7C
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One final one — an eagle brooch from Mainz, c.1000 AD; gold, enamel & sapphire :) http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/EagleFib1.jpg …pic.twitter.com/eHQp5iFYvC
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Oh, the most perfectly linked two tweets there could ever be!
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Hah! Glad you like :)
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These are beautiful.
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