Includes an impressive amount of garnet cloisonné work, plus pearls & a 7thC Merovingian copy of an antique cameo:http://www.medievalhistories.com/treasure-abbey-saint-maurice-dagaune/ …
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@CarlyASilver isn't it just?! :) unclear, I think; cameo copy described as "crudely executed":https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uZObi4tT2cQC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA116#v=onepage&q&f=false … -
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The Vase of St. Martin of Tours, in Abbey of St Maurice; 1stC BC vessel w/ 6thC decoration via http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2014/04/treasures-of-st-maurice-abbey-at-louvre.html?m=1 …pic.twitter.com/hifh3Xcd7K
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The L8/E9thC Carolingian reliquary from Enger, Germany, w/ close-up of gem w/ Oedipus+Sphinx: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/CarolingianMetalwork1.html …pic.twitter.com/5Ng1D0S6VE
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Crucifixion scene on L9thC Lindau Gospels, from St Gall, Switzerland: http://www.franklinboe.org/cms/lib/NJ01000817/Centricity/Domain/441/MF-EarlyMedieval.ppt%20Flashcards.pdf … & http://www.themorgan.org/collection/lindau-gospels/front-cover#overlay-context=collection/lindau-gospels/front-cover …pic.twitter.com/gClUAU4ISQ
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@caitlinrgreen almost with every tweet you prove that barbaric tribes were not barbaric. -
@Archatgs thank you :) I suspect it's a matter or perspective + pre-existing assumptions!
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@caitlinrgreen and you disintegrate this pre-existing assumptions.
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@caitlinrgreen were these items originally a bit wonky or is it just age? It certainly adds to their charm -
@JaneGrover1 Ooh, good question---bit of both? Cf Cuthbert cross I posted? Damage by the yrs + not machined=charm :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/609121708910501889 …
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@caitlinrgreen Well so much for the old vow of poverty! This is stunning but almost over-the-top in any epoch, I would think. -
@GeorgeRick1 Hah! Not a bad point!
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@caitlinrgreen Geez, church-bling!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Those bright colours! They "foreshadow modern art"!
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@caitlinrgreen@medievalhistory beautiful church! Even more in person!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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