Here's the other side of seal-matrix: hagiography (Vita Sanctae Balthildis) says she was born an Anglo-Saxon slave...pic.twitter.com/YBrEOx76y9
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Here's the other side of seal-matrix: hagiography (Vita Sanctae Balthildis) says she was born an Anglo-Saxon slave...pic.twitter.com/YBrEOx76y9
Tunic of the Merovingian Queen Balthild, silk embroidery on linen, from her reliquary, c.680? http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/TunicBalthild.html …pic.twitter.com/QrqKDQlieQ
@caitlinrgreen So great. Thank you for sharing this!
@amgiralt Isn't it fabulous! :)
@caitlinrgreen It is! :-)
Of course, if this is her seal, then question at end of PAS record is a good one: why is this seal in Norfolk?! Was the wearer an emissary??
@caitlinrgreen Any chance it could be stray piece of Viking war booty? Explanation sometimes advanced for "exotic" C8/9 finds in Surrey >
@caitlinrgreen > Granted seal's a bit earlier + I know little about context & length in use. On the Surrey material - http://surreymedieval.wordpress.com/work/trading-networks-in-surrey-circa-650-900/update-high-status-non-numismatic-metal-artefacts-of-the-seventh-to-ninth-centuries-from-surrey/ …
@SurreyMedieval Very interesting post, thank you! :) I suspect too early for that, tho' not impossible I guess! Also contrast in finds >
@SurreyMedieval > between Surrey and Lincolnshire/East Anglia is very interesting!
@caitlinrgreen The main contrasts being the greater quantity & quality of the Lincs material! Not that I'm jealous at all. Ok maybe a bit...
@SurreyMedieval Lol! Lincolnshire certainly seems to have more than it's fair share! ;)
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