Buckle has been compared to finds from 5thC royal tomb of Childeric, discovered Tournai, 1653: http://cabinet-des-medailles.over-blog.com/search/childeric/ …pic.twitter.com/BlE68pKW36
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Buckle has been compared to finds from 5thC royal tomb of Childeric, discovered Tournai, 1653: http://cabinet-des-medailles.over-blog.com/search/childeric/ …pic.twitter.com/BlE68pKW36
Sadly, Childeric's grave-goods stolen in 1831+melted down--only few bits left+17thC drawings: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childeric_I …pic.twitter.com/SiEki2xjG7
@caitlinrgreen Noooo! So beautiful.
@turnertech_carl I know! :(
A gorgeous Merovingian rock crystal buckle w/ silver tongue, early-mid6thC from Marne, France: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/r/rock_crystal_buckle_with_a_sil.aspx …pic.twitter.com/KqtRPkbkeY
A large 7thC Merovingian silver+iron buckle, from Amiens, Somme, France, decorated w/ Style II http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/i/iron_and_silver_buckle.aspx …pic.twitter.com/Uj1FiuzibF
Another v nice silver+iron Merovingian buckle, in the @V_and_A :)https://twitter.com/SurreyMedieval/status/631156540679016450 …
@caitlinrgreen And people still call it the Dark Ages!
on my wish list . One day I'll dig something similar
“@caitlinrgreen: A lovely L5thC gold & garnet cloisonné belt-buckle + a hilt, from Esslingen, southern Germany. pic.twitter.com/vpICxwXEp4”
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