Mounts from the 5thC tomb of Childeric, discovered Tournai (Belgium) in 1653, drawn 1655, via https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/9%20Adams-opt-sec.pdf …pic.twitter.com/viPc8JOBvZ
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A closer view of some of the 5thC gold+garnet items from the tomb of Childeric, Tournai: http://cabinet-des-medailles.over-blog.com/article-un-tresor-au-cabinet-des-medailles-48146982.html …pic.twitter.com/N8WgJuP4h6
@caitlinrgreen Is it possible to distinguish any individual artist/craftsmen from this period? Sutton-Hoo jewellery also made in 5th C?
@Harry_cartoons Some cloisonné work on Childeric's sword may be Gothic work, tho' Franks v soon came to specialise in this; Sutton Hoo >
@Harry_cartoons > material later, same workshop may have produced Wilton brooch: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=86025&partId=1&sortBy=imageName&page=1 …pic.twitter.com/lTtWVNJTwq
@caitlinrgreen I see, although I imagine the Sutton-Hoo jewellery might well have been of some vintage when buried - 6th C more likely?
@Harry_cartoons Yes, 2nd half of 6thC for rectangular buckle, later 6thC for shoulder clasps, tho' poss v E7thC? :)
@caitlinrgreen But that dating based solely on stylistic and contextual evidence? Some leeway allowed perhaps? :)
@Harry_cartoons Yes, + continental evidence etc, + garnet supply & its effects, cell shapes etc iirc :) Can grab links to papers if want?
Some v early garnet cloisonné: Hatra, Iraq (?E3rdC)+Georgia (L3-E4C) https://www.academia.edu/2614651/Garnet_Inlays_in_the_Light_of_the_Armaziskhevi_Dagger_Hilt … https://www.academia.edu/2614655/Rethinking_the_Sutton_Hoo_Shoulder_Clasps_and_Armour …pic.twitter.com/yPwJfyksB4
@caitlinrgreen are you building a big Hun/cloisonee/garnet fashion theory? Great!! #nibelungs
@davidgmwilson Hah! I'm pondering the origins & meaning of a small number of intriguing finds from Britain, hence recent posts! So, a bit ;)
Merovingian crystal ball found with the burial of Childeric (formerly bound): http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/ChildBall.jpg …pic.twitter.com/YHazZSKWuQ
and the treasure in almost all its riches I totally flunked the cicadas photospic.twitter.com/vcNQ4fseOw
Fabulous! :)
Replicas of the largely lost (melted down) 5thC treasure of Childeric at Mainz: http://www.medievalhistories.com/clovis-i-sixteen-years-and-reaching-for-the-throne/ …pic.twitter.com/tAiI9MlePz
All u wonderful historians/researchers r keeping me busy on Google learning background on these people, artifacts, geography.
So much out there! Garnet cloisonné is fascinating, earliest examples from Iraq!
@caitlinrgreen those garnet flies!
@medievalhistory I know! Aren't they fabulous! Been looking into these all morning... Two from eastern Britain, not identical but still....!
@caitlinrgreen there are 2 crystal flies in the medieval section of the Louvre, near the equestrian Carolingian statue; see if can find pic
@medievalhistory Ooh, ok! They are intriguing little things :)
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