8thC Rupertus Cross is gilded bronze w/ glass inserts on maple base; pic=reproduction of cross http://www.docbrown.info/docspics/northeast/nutpage31a.htm …pic.twitter.com/67Njs57FWG
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8thC Rupertus Cross is gilded bronze w/ glass inserts on maple base; pic=reproduction of cross http://www.docbrown.info/docspics/northeast/nutpage31a.htm …pic.twitter.com/67Njs57FWG
10thC Anglo-Saxon/Ottonian reliquary cross, gold+walrus ivory w/ enamel on cedar wood base: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliquary_cross_VandA_7943-1862.jpg …pic.twitter.com/XCNa51xkU4
Further info here: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O111551/reliquary-cross-crucifix-unknown/ … Cloisonné enamel plaques depict Evangelists' emblems eg eagle of St John:pic.twitter.com/aqWRqFRdwV
A 9thC zoo-anthropomorphic eagle of St John plaque from Brandon, Suffolk--poss also from cross http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=84963&partId=1&images=true …pic.twitter.com/RyR4RglbKd
@caitlinrgreen so beautiful wonderful
@Umarkarim89 thank you; it's a lovely piece, very distracting! :)
@caitlinrgreen indeed again not a thing of commoners :) Its interesting that in all human history we see this class distinction
@Umarkarim89 There's an interesting discussion there--esp in 'Migration Period', when status may differ within rather than between families!
@caitlinrgreen sorry just read your tweet now. What do u refer to as Migration Period?? and u mean whole families acquired a certain status?
@Umarkarim89 Oh, sorry, 5-6thC, and yes, argument that high-status burials then were of heads of families, not different families etc :)
@caitlinrgreen ahh right. That's interesting and i guess this is the post-Roman era of England with Northners coming to British shores
@caitlinrgreen you are not only a serious historian & talented writer but also an artist; & this is obvious in artifacts you choose publish
@Archatgs thank you :)
@caitlinrgreen A stunning piece of artistry and craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing. It brightens up a mundane day!
@GeorgeRick1 indeed it does! :)
@caitlinrgreen Rome as some proto USA feferation as opposed to EU some community but w/looser bounds yet common culture
@morangles interesting idea!
@caitlinrgreen I mean as an cultural flexible entity, naturally not as a political entity
@caitlinrgreen I love these details AS craftmanship+ also a similar imaginarium looking at Longobard artwork
@caitlinrgreen "Prob made on continent". Local dudes not up to international standard
. Vorsprung.....etc. plus ca change...etc
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