11thC Pitney Brooch, Somerset--Scandinavian Urnes style brooch w/ some Anglo-Saxon features: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/t/the_pitney_brooch.aspx …pic.twitter.com/jJK2p1WZKt
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Two more 9thC trial-pieces from Yorkshire, in the BM: see https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/thorskegga/5416498087/ … & https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/thorskegga/5416497213/ …pic.twitter.com/zdBX1PDX8h
Wooden northern portal of the stave church at Urnes, Norway, said to date from c. 1050–70, via http://www.franklinboe.org/cms/lib/NJ01000817/Centricity/Domain/441/MF-EarlyMedieval.ppt%20Flashcards.pdf …pic.twitter.com/da3mB6DRLK
A detail from a stave church door, in the Historisk Museum, Oslo, Norway: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mararie/5189987462/in/photostream/ …pic.twitter.com/JysuV7McJU
.@caitlinrgreen @VoxHiberionacum In my head I always imagine the engraver grumbling "Trial piece? Bah! This is ART, you culchies!"
@drkatedevlin @caitlinrgreen Mind you, I've seen stuff where 'trial piece' would be a compliment... ;)
@VoxHiberionacum @drkatedevlin Same true of quite a lot of 'finished' metalwork etc tho', no? I kinda like vitality of the trial pieces ;)
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