A rather gorgeous & somewhat enigmatic 9th-century Anglo-Saxon animal head, found nr York: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512350 …pic.twitter.com/o6Grvptlc3
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Another 11thC Anglo-Saxon lid w/ a lion's head, found Lund, via http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol28/28_181_183.pdf … & http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol28/28_001_018_plates.pdf … (PDF)pic.twitter.com/KAOf7TyZeA
10thC Anglo-Saxon vessel, snake handle+animal head spout; prob cruet for wine/water at Mass http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=89844&partId=1&matcult=33823&sortBy=imageName&page=1 …pic.twitter.com/SasEEBCmES
@caitlinrgreen this looks also of gold?
@Umarkarim89 gilded copper alloy :)
@caitlinrgreen ahhhh how can i miss it. I hv been handling those copper electrodes in the chemistry lab half of my life still got confused:(
@Umarkarim89 Hah! Well, the gold parts are v distracting! ;)
@caitlinrgreen yes indeed and plus according to the Alchemy concept all metals can always be converted to gold so never too wrong :)
@caitlinrgreen @PoliticoVoice There is little more beautiful than exquisite Anglo-Saxon artwork such as this.
@caitlinrgreen And popular belief is that these were the Dark Ages. What stunningly beautiful objects, so skilfully worked
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