A 6thC oral legend of the Goths having once been enslaved in Britain, as reported by Jordanes http://people.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html …pic.twitter.com/cZO577UKcz
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The famous E5thC 'Kingsholm Goth' from Gloucester; isotope analysis appears to confirm eastern European origins :) http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/10026/1/BA_Gloucester_Goth_article_for_NORA.pdf …
Finally, Guy Halsall's suggestion that the British writer Gildas (c.500) had a Gothic name: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=k9Rjq8EnQ44C&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/abnXRlqF0t
Fwiw, Halsall is not first to note the difficulty over the name Gildas & its resemblance to the Mauretanian Gildo:https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q2U3i1X8B50C&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false …
@caitlinrgreen Dr Caitlin did u see the tweets a 9th century Muslim ring was found in sweden as well as a samanid time jar
@Umarkarim89 They're wonderful :)
@caitlinrgreen Yes amazing it is so beautiful and more evidence in support of your work :)
@caitlinrgreen the second one is like a sickle. What kind of brooch this is ??
@Umarkarim89 It's the same brooch from different angles; 'P-shaped' brooch, precursor of later 'Anglo-Saxon' types...
@caitlinrgreen ohh alrgiht how stupid of me such a superficial look i have :D ahaan right i can now link up hem :)
@Umarkarim89 hah, no worries! :)
@caitlinrgreen no i thought i must confess where i missed it. Anyways we hv heard some very nice stories from UK from my sister there :)
@Umarkarim89 Glad to hear she's arrived safe :)
@caitlinrgreen although the cold thr has forced her to wear sweater bt her flatmates r quite nice and so were all the people she interacted
@Umarkarim89 It is getting a bit chilly now! And that's brilliant, I'm sure she'll have a lovely time :)
@caitlinrgreen Any reason why it spells out TIT ?
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