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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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
A banded agate cameo of Augustus, set at the centre of the Cross of Lothair, c.1000, Aachen: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/Lothar%20cross%20cameo.jpg …pic.twitter.com/lsj4twf9Xn
Gold ring from the early Anglo-Saxon Snape ship-burial w/ 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/nHDjIrrvaw
Lovely things, but I wonder exactly how they were regarded at the time. Ancient? Magical? Powerful?
Possibly so! And as a symbol of Romanitas?
Of course, but how much of what we comprehend as 'Romanitas' was known by these times/cultures/people?
Intaglio=top part of 9thC Escrain de Charlemagne; rest destroyed during French Revolution: http://www.medart.pitt.edu/image/France/St-denis/felebien/FelePl4/PlateIV-c.html …pic.twitter.com/BfVM5Dammq
A 6th-7thC Byzantine amethyst cameo of Saint Demetrios and Saint George; part of the 17thC Cheapside Hoard, London: http://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/126110.html …pic.twitter.com/PBmPwL7lqw
terrible thing is that it survived untouched for about 1000ys the Revolution only left this from a huge piece of furniture
Agreed :(
gosh, that is something
isn't it! :)
Again, another of these treasures when something already exotic and ancient is repurposed. Doubles the value for us now.
Absolutely! Find them fascinating :)
@AnnieBrassey how stunning is that Dr C! Thanks for sharing.
@OptimoPrincipi Gorgeous !
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