Mid7thC gold cross from tomb in Cividale (N. Italy), supposedly of Gisulfo, 1st Lombardic duke …http://www.museoarcheologicocividale.beniculturali.it/index.php?en/170/longobard-necropolises …pic.twitter.com/a8Zwm18ny7
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The Iron Crown of Lombardy, kept in Cathedral of Monza---elements C14 dated to c.500 AD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Crown_of_Lombardy …pic.twitter.com/Btxqw57nbq
The Iron Crown was used by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1805 when he crowned himself King of Italy at Milan; it was last used in 1838...
@spiritofcicero Hah! It certainly has enough gems! But he liked harking back to the 6thC etc----see the bees!
@spiritofcicero :) I love the bees, although prob actually cicadas and arguably Hunnic, not Frankish!
Hey Dr., the garnet piece has some of the same if not identically shaped pieces of garnets as the more damaged pieces found by Terry Herbert in Staffordshire. Or is that just me thinking that?
It's interesting, common patterns and garnet shapes across Europe e.g. fish-scale garnets found on pieces found in England, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Romania etc...! Garnet cloisonné is cause of much discussion :)
As a novice in all of this, but a person who professional and privately plans things from quilts to community infastructure, that repeated shape and pattern would indicate to me a common effort and common shared manufacturing process - shops, masters, students...but. novice here.
Adams has suggested garnet cloisonné evolved from Late Roman/Sasanian lapidary traditions and presumably diffused from there? Question is, I suppose, how much trade involved pre-cut garnets etc?!
@caitlinrgreen that glass is amazing. Could be a modern piece of art!
@alanrew agreed! :)
@caitlinrgreen @NYFarmer Beautiful still today.
@caitlinrgreen If I ever got a job with SPECTRE, I wld apply for a posting with their art acquisitions dept.These are irresistible objects
@caitlinrgreen The multi-coloured body of the amphora reminds me of the roman glass ingots made from recycled glass I have seen.
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