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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@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 Woah, at first glance I thought that had to be at least 5 centuries younger. :o
@MariusHollenga It's fascinating----a chance survival of prob v sophisticated church equipment from that era!
@caitlinrgreen Am I weird for thinking that the symbology on that thing still looks decidedly pagan to me?
@caitlinrgreen Clear Borre-style ancestry!
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