A Late Anglo-Saxon (9-11thC) gold ring w/ eagle design in cloisonné enamel, found in Kent: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=451312&objectId=86995&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/0wDCDjoUXe
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One more--9thC gold finger-ring bezel from Surrey, showing the eagle of St John the Evangelist http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=84994&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/hdurJlw9fA
Famous, but nice comparison for these--the 9thC gold Æthelswith Ring, showing the Lamb of God: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=91379&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/jNT1oytdkj
Another fabulous 9thC Anglo-Saxon ring, poss linked to pre-Viking minster at Berkeley, Gloucs: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/gloucestershire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8963000/8963952.stm …pic.twitter.com/Dj0qTlyRF2
An Anglo-Saxon gold ring found while hoeing onions in the 1960s nr West Dereham, Norfolk: http://norfolkmuseumscollections.org/collections/objects/2555202867.html/#!/?q=anglo%2Bsaxon …pic.twitter.com/YrjZ8qEGYG
@caitlinrgreen I wonder where the wearing of rings comes from? Where do we find the oldest occurence of wearing rings?
@JAJafri Rings were apparently in use in the early Upper Palaeolithic in northern Asia: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Nl2yAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/UKHDglC3W4
@caitlinrgreen Thanks! That's The earliest in Eurasia! Is there any evidence of modern humans with rings before leaving Africa? @razibkhan
@JAJafri @razibkhan Not sure, lot earlier than I deal with! Believe earliest jewellery (beads) is c.100k years old, for what it is worth...
Anglo-Saxon cross head of c.800 from pre-Viking church at Brixworth, showing eagle of St John: http://greatenglishchurches.co.uk/html/brixworth.html …pic.twitter.com/oJ8paLia6D
Brixworth cross prob kept in church+unusual in design, w/ depiction of eagle perhaps influenced by Near Eastern art:https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=maSmAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT265&pg=PT265#v=onepage&q&f=false …
The Hexham plaque--a 7-8thC freehand depiction of a figure, prob a bishop, on a silver plaque: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/t/the_hexham_plaque.aspx …pic.twitter.com/pBt3z63ETW
@caitlinrgreen Do not tell me it is Wilfrid!
@morangles could be! ;)
@caitlinrgreen With Wilfrid Always expect the worse to avoid disappointment The Saint with a massive ego-trip
@caitlinrgreen That is one ticked off eagle; no Christian kiss of peace in that beak!
@namastenancysf hah! Yes, he definitely looks determined!
@caitlinrgreen Ahhhh, one of my favorites.
@e1duderino It is lovely, and Brandon is such an interesting site too! :)
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