A rather gorgeous & somewhat enigmatic 9th-century Anglo-Saxon animal head, found nr York: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512350 …pic.twitter.com/o6Grvptlc3
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Another thing with runes, gilded pin from Malton Yorkshire, poss magical "futhorcglaæe": http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=63027&partId=1&page=5&searchText=&images=&people=&place=&from=&fromDate=&to=&toDate=&object=&subject=&matcult=8832 …pic.twitter.com/l7q6dpea5A
7thC AS disc brooch from Harford Farm, Norfolk, w/ runes on back: 'Luda mended the brooch' https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SgpriZdKin0C&lpg=PA166&pg=PA166#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/II5KbYr4Su
images of brooch via http://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/art-weve-helped-buy/artwork/8881/the-harford-farm-assemblage … & http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Whats_On/Virtual_Exhibitions/Anglo_Saxon_and_Viking_Gallery_Trail/Harford_Farm_Disc_Brooch/index.htm … An alternative reading and source here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harford_Farm_Brooch …
@caitlinrgreen ...early for much detail it seems. Was curious concerning the personal name Luda.
@Harry_cartoons It's attested in docs and place-names, though sometimes hard to distinguish in PNs from OE river-name Hlude etc :)
11thC Anglo-Saxon pen-case, carved from ivory+decorated w/ ppl, foliage+beasts; found London: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=86669&partId=1&images=true …pic.twitter.com/1shULhmtgM
Another 11thC Anglo-Saxon lid w/ a lion's head, found Lund, via http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol28/28_181_183.pdf … & http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol28/28_001_018_plates.pdf … (PDF)pic.twitter.com/KAOf7TyZeA
@caitlinrgreen Thank you for reposting these. What amazes me is the tremendous level of design sophistication and superb detailing.
@GeorgeRick1 its amazing :) And yes, I try to thread tweets together, so it resurfaces stuff as I do it!
Beautiful!
I love the way the ears are being used, apparently, as an attachment point!
has anyone translated the Runes?
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