The Vase of St. Martin of Tours, in Abbey of St Maurice; 1stC BC vessel w/ 6thC decoration http://abbaye-stmaurice.ch/page.php?id=fr67 …pic.twitter.com/P3BwF8jvya
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Still like the poss Mercian L8thC Gandersheim Casket, made from whalebone & bronze :) http://www2.pugetsound.edu/faculty/tinsley/Courses/hum303/casket.jpg …pic.twitter.com/eCc0He7P1T
L8thC Anglo-Carolingian Tassilo Chalice, w/ Christ+evangelists, from Kremsmünster, Austria: http://www.medievalhistories.com/tassilo-chalice/ …pic.twitter.com/JpMdJ1ZemG
The patène de serpentine; 1stC BC-1stC AD serpentine paten w/ 9thC Carolingian mounting: http://www.louvre.fr/oeuvre-notices/patene-de-serpentine …pic.twitter.com/kP6vTjLcq2
The L5th/E6thC gold, garnet+turquoise paten (and chalice) found near Gourdon, France: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tr%C3%A9sor_de_Gourdon_01.JPG …pic.twitter.com/9a0ctkfS6v
The tiny figures that appear in the upper-right and upper-left stones are amazing. How on earth do you think they did that?
Reused Roman gem stones, v fine engraving etc! :)
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