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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 9 Jul 2015

      Detail from arm of L8thC 'Rupertus Cross', prob made by Anglo-Saxons on continent--1.6m tall! https://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/metalwork/deck/10565024 …pic.twitter.com/fmkoMHpFbU

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    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 9 Jul 2015
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      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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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 13 Aug 2015

      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

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 13 Aug 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          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

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 13 Aug 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          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

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The 9thC+later processional Cross of Desiderius, covered in 211 gems incl lovely 3rdC glass: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/CarolingianMetalwork3.html …pic.twitter.com/VeSPbr0rRX

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          E12thC Irish Cross of Cong, w/ Urnes-style interlace & animal head gripping base in its jaws http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/The-Treasury/Gallery-1-Iron-Age-to-12th-Century/The-Cross-of-Cong …pic.twitter.com/0AHdm1LMGQ

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        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Cross from the Guelph Treasure, pre-1045?; gold, gems, enamel+pearls: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/GuelphCross4.jpg …pic.twitter.com/8vgls4o42U

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        1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 25 Mar 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The Crucifixion on a 6-7thC Byzantine ring w/ scenes from Life of Christ: http://art.thewalters.org/detail/11447/marriage-ring-with-scenes-from-the-life-of-christ/ …pic.twitter.com/0AwLStD0xb

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        2. A.M. Juster‏ @amjuster 13 Aug 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen Caitlin: Maybe not walrus ivory? DNA testing of ivory carvings in A-S graves often are, against all assumptions, elephant.

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 13 Aug 2015
          Replying to @amjuster

          @amjuster good point, hard to tell: V&A say walrus but suspect untested!

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        2. Judith Haseleu‏ @JudithHaseleu 13 Aug 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen Ornate stunning , Is figure ivory?

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Aug 2015
          Replying to @JudithHaseleu

          @JudithHaseleu Yes, the V&A suggest walrus ivory

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        2.  🏳️‍🌈Fran Hennessey 🇨🇦‏ @FranEHennessey 18 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen Walrus Ivory...imported from Greenlandic Vikings trade?

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 18 Dec 2015
          Replying to @FranEHennessey

          @FranEHennessey Prob via Norwegian Vikings like the L9thC Ohthere :) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohthere_of_Hålogaland …

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        4.  🏳️‍🌈Fran Hennessey 🇨🇦‏ @FranEHennessey 18 Dec 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen The intricate detail in the carving is beautiful. Thanks for the link and for sharing. Lovely!

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        1. Judith Haseleu‏ @JudithHaseleu 13 Aug 2015
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          @caitlinrgreen elegant eagle, St John exquisite.

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        1. Umarkarim‏ @Umarkarim89 13 Aug 2015
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          @caitlinrgreen elegant !

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        1. Pat McDonald‏ @HwdBnd 13 Aug 2015
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          @caitlinrgreen @ClerkofOxford I thought these were all destroyed in the post-Catholic period.

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