The 7thC Theuderic reliquary casket, from the Abbey of St. Maurice, Switzerland (image via http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2014/04/treasures-of-st-maurice-abbey-at-louvre.html?m=1 …)pic.twitter.com/E43ZCcP2AK
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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
The L8thC Anglo-Saxon (probably Mercian) Gandersheim Casket, made from whalebone and bronze: http://www2.pugetsound.edu/faculty/tinsley/Courses/hum303/casket.jpg …pic.twitter.com/2L6MexdCsz
10thC Fatimid crystal panel w/ ibexes on reliquary casket of c.1200, Moûtiers-en-Tarentaise: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/MusCluny_22.jpg …pic.twitter.com/eylNxyjuv3
@caitlinrgreen and upside down! I wonder if there is Christianized retelling of the Oedipus story? Or if they even had a version in Latin?
@medievalhistory good question...! I have no idea, sadly!
@caitlinrgreen Love the yo-yo guy top left :)
Seriously, very beautiful.
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