A 13thC silver seal matrix set w/ v fine 2ndC intaglio of Antoninus Pius (138-61), found Kent: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/92806 …pic.twitter.com/ipnx7Lvjjn
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14thC gold seal inscribed 'I hide secrets', w/ intaglio of Jupiter (reinterpreted as God?) https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/1b%20rev%20order.pdf …pic.twitter.com/RNYxDMpvnH
For New Year, a curious L13th-14thC seal matrix w/ Janus figure, poss meant as nobleman+fool? (Nr Bolton, E.Yorks) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/105747 …pic.twitter.com/5MQDh1wFtH
Seal matrix of Alaric II, King of Visigoths, 484-507—sapphire intaglio in 16thC gold ring: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/Alaric.html pic.twitter.com/6UX6TaO2MJ
9thC 'Escrain de Charlemagne'—aquamarine intaglio of Julia Flavia, d.AD 91, sapphires+pearls https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julie,_Intaille_CM.JPG …pic.twitter.com/o7dgC9ut97
Oedipus & the Sphinx—Roman niccolo agate intaglio on the L8thC Enger Reliquary: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/EngerSphinx.jpg …pic.twitter.com/q5L8EXRUnK
Roman niccolo agate intaglio of a satyr with grapes, also used on the L8thC Enger Reliquary http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/EngerGem1.jpg …pic.twitter.com/E5goPMKFIz
13thC gold seal matrix w/ medieval green jasper intaglio, possibly copied from a Ptolemaic gem? https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/758031 …pic.twitter.com/3Rphd9XFi0
A lovely 10thC Anglo-Saxon ring w/ reused Roman intaglio of Mars, found Hitchin, Hertfordshire (via tumblr).pic.twitter.com/ULDwM1YjAB
Gold ring from the early Anglo-Saxon Snape ship-burial w/ a Roman intaglio of Bonus Eventus: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=414072&objectId=87001&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/b1IEP1nQAh
Snape? Just spent a week's holiday there. Didn't come across any mention of a ship burial! Managed a visit to Sutton Hoo though, touristy I know but still fab.
Much smaller than Sutton Hoo: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snape_Anglo-Saxon_Cemetery#The_Ship_Burial … And SH well worth a visit!
@caitlinrgreen My fiance has just said 'can you buy that for me?' Don't think i can being a Mature Undergraduate student :)
@anarchicone Hah! It is very lovely! :)
@caitlinrgreen if you are interested in these wonderful intaglios check out our upcoming conference http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/event_detail.aspx?eventId=2634&title=Seals%20and%20status%20800%E2%80%931700&eventType=Conference …
@LloyddeBeer oh, interesting! Thank you! :)
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