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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 May 2015

      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

      16 replies 137 retweets 198 likes
    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 May 2015
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      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

      4 replies 51 retweets 53 likes
    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 15 May 2015
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      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

      5 replies 47 retweets 55 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Jul 2015

      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

      12:35 PM - 8 Jul 2015
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 19 Oct 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          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

          2 replies 20 retweets 24 likes
        3. T S P‏ @morangles 19 Oct 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen from @museecluny ivory casket Byzantinepic.twitter.com/UkP2F1lgp0

          0 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 29 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The Becket Casket---L12thC reliquary casket w/ scenes from the life of St Thomas Becket: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Becket_casket_VandA_M.66-1997_n01.jpg …pic.twitter.com/jmMovlUmtV

          3 replies 57 retweets 62 likes
        3. Lorelei King‏Verified account @LoreleiKing 29 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen @DorothyKing So beautiful! *faints*

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 29 Dec 2015
          Replying to @LoreleiKing

          @LoreleiKing @DorothyKing It's wonderful---lots of similar ones, but this especially lovely! http://m.vam.ac.uk/collections/item/O80222/the-becket-casket-casket-unknown/ …

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        5. Lorelei King‏Verified account @LoreleiKing 29 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen Love! @DorothyKing

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Mar 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A lovely L8thC portable reliquary with leather carrying strap, Sens cathedral, Burgundy: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/SensReliquary.html …pic.twitter.com/8dBsc5ig2n

          5 replies 37 retweets 58 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Is the Viking hostage on 8th/9thC Inchmarnock stone carrying a portable reliquary...? http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_306131_en.pdf …pic.twitter.com/PM3nSuA8A3

          7 replies 33 retweets 56 likes
        4. David Petts‏ @DavidPetts1 29 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          looks more like a handbag :-)

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        5. T S P‏ @morangles 29 Jul 2016
          Replying to @DavidPetts1 @caitlinrgreen

          Seen at @museecluny it was the fashion of the time and came in many sizes for Relicistaspic.twitter.com/LHRpYGsLAU

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 29 Jul 2016
          Replying to @morangles @DavidPetts1

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          Absolutely! All the cool people had handbag reliquaries in the 8thC/9thC ;)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/710212947247828992 …

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen
          A lovely L8thC portable reliquary with leather carrying strap, Sens cathedral, Burgundy: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/SensReliquary.html … pic.twitter.com/8dBsc5ig2n
          1 reply 2 retweets 2 likes
        7. T S P‏ @morangles 29 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @DavidPetts1

          I wonder what was the missing piece http://laclefdesrunes.centerblog.net/6551998-Le-coffret-de-Mortain- … Likely Northumbrianpic.twitter.com/UzXAjgkFO2

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 11 Jan 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The Bamberg Casket---10thC Viking casket w/ walrus ivory decorated in Mammen style, via Tumblr see https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gYBJCAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT371&pg=PT774#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/vaJVZqckN9

          3 replies 34 retweets 85 likes
        3. BobCarter‏ @BobCarter385761 11 Jan 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Enlarged pics of these beautiful artifacts r amazing 4 their detail & color. Assume museums did this work. Great job to all.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Jan 2017
          Replying to @BobCarter385761

          Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green

          Some of them, yes; others by the abbey where found, if I recall correctly :) More here: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/739178538461433856 … :)

          Dr Caitlin Green added,

          Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreen
          The Vase of St. Martin of Tours, in Abbey of St Maurice; 1stC BC vessel w/ 6thC decoration http://abbaye-stmaurice.ch/page.php?id=fr67 … pic.twitter.com/P3BwF8jvya
          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        5. End of conversation
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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 1 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Runic inscription on the base of the probably 8thC Mercian Gandersheim Casket, via https://www.academia.edu/6584986/The_Runic_Inscription_on_the_Gandersheim_Casket_Tineke_Looijenga_and_Theo_Vennemann …, but see https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tZkzAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT380&lpg=PT380#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/7xrtyV8duP

          1 reply 20 retweets 40 likes
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        2. Lorelei King‏Verified account @LoreleiKing 8 Jul 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen @DorothyKing Stop tweeting these beautiful things that make me want to plunder the world's museums!

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Jul 2015
          Replying to @LoreleiKing

          @LoreleiKing @DorothyKing lol! ;)

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        4. End of conversation
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        2. Umarkarim‏ @Umarkarim89 8 Jul 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen All of them tremendous what a craftsmanship

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Jul 2015
          Replying to @Umarkarim89

          @Umarkarim89 Absolutely! :)

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        4. End of conversation

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