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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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
A later stave church at Borgund, Norway, dating 1180-1250 https://www.flickr.com/photos/80075387@N00/33262903 … Details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgund_Stave_Church …pic.twitter.com/sdRC8gJFMM
Some lovely pics of stave church at Borgund, Norway, incl this stunning view into ceiling: http://www.jon-nelson.com/norwegian_churches …pic.twitter.com/T6hpCX9YIf
@caitlinrgreen have you seen the Andrew Graham Dixon Scandinavian Art documentary on BBC?
@notnelgmit I've not, I'm afraid---worth a look??
@caitlinrgreen first episode worth a look as covers early medieval period. Some nice shots of a stave church.
@notnelgmit Excellent! I'll make a note to have a look! :)
Detail of the Sigurd portal from the demolished L12th/E13thC stave church at Hylestad, Norway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylestad_stave_church …pic.twitter.com/8O0nJ1tAjP
@caitlinrgreen Wood work?
@Archatgs yes, from a Norwegian wooden stage church :)
@caitlinrgreen you posted before a photo of a grand amazing Norwegian wooden church.
@Archatgs indeed; it's exceptionally lovely :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/612703809211604993 …
@caitlinrgreen I was searching for it in your twitter account, but you are faster, you won. :) yes it is Grand building.
Close-up of the 11thC wooden carved portal on the stave church at Urnes, Norway, via http://blog.ricksteves.com/blog/swinging-through-norway-from-stave-church-to-stave-church/ …pic.twitter.com/F1J13RY0Gn
@caitlinrgreen Makes me think of the Lindisfarne Gospels
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_nero_d_iv_f138v …pic.twitter.com/LNwd1ntLde
@bxknits Yes, def reminiscent!
12thC Irish Cross of Cong, w/ Urnes-style interlace & an animal head gripping base in its jaws http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/cross-of-cong.aspx …pic.twitter.com/lUJot3iafe
An Urnes-style runestone from Uppland, Sweden, colourised in 1991 to protect it from moss etc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppland_Runic_Inscription_871 …pic.twitter.com/D6C3S7yqcF
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