A 13thC silver seal matrix set w/ v fine 2ndC intaglio of Antoninus Pius (138-61), found Kent: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/92806 …pic.twitter.com/ipnx7Lvjjn
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Another v fine Roman intaglio bust of an emperor---Lucius Verus, 161-9---set in a 13thC gold seal, found Essex, in BMpic.twitter.com/QQSdoqJXnU
Ancient sapphire intaglio of a Ptolemaic queen, set in 13thC gold seal-ring, found Hereford: https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/1b%20rev%20order.pdf …pic.twitter.com/HUIo7xlGAg
14thC gold seal inscribed 'I hide secrets', w/ intaglio of Jupiter (reinterpreted as God?) https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/1b%20rev%20order.pdf …pic.twitter.com/RNYxDMpvnH
For New Year, a curious L13th-14thC seal matrix w/ Janus figure, poss meant as nobleman+fool? (Nr Bolton, E.Yorks) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/105747 …pic.twitter.com/5MQDh1wFtH
An E3rdC amethyst intaglio of Caracalla reused as an image of St Peter in Byzantine period: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intaglio_Caracalla_Cdm_Paris_Chab2101.jpg …pic.twitter.com/7JeXvhKvLJ
@caitlinrgreen From Caracalla to St Peter... now that is a strange journey in time, space and personality!
@ClassAssocNI Lol! It is--but not alone, eg Monks of Selby made Honorius into Jesus! https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CIASAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/aR1NXQ3APK
@caitlinrgreen The imperial portrait had become homogenised under the Theodosians but Honorius as Jesus is still a strange choice
.@caitlinrgreen Intaglio (Athena)/brooch fr the Thaw Collection, c.125-75 BC, NE Black Sea (Sorry, low quality image)pic.twitter.com/X3iwd5BPas
@e1duderino Oh, very nice! :)
@caitlinrgreen @JakeNabel is this really venus? Holding a mask?
@ProfChristensen @JakeNabel Martin Henig describes it thus, fwiw: https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/1b%20rev%20order.pdf …pic.twitter.com/lVM4Gen56N
@caitlinrgreen @JakeNabel "she's" definitely contemplating, but I'd say the mask rather than the statue.
@caitlinrgreen @JakeNabel interesting article tho'
Venus having a "Hamlet" moment.
The detail is incredible
@caitlinrgreen @ProfChristensen This is stunning!
hahahahaha. "Loyal" and "Venus", really? They really did not know!
@caitlinrgreen @JakeNabel seems more likely Dionysus
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