A gorgeous stave church at Borgund, Norway, to pass the time, dating 1180-1250 :) https://www.flickr.com/photos/80075387@N00/33262903 …pic.twitter.com/CUMI1h8rqL
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And here's my favourite Romano-British hare figurine, found Hackleton, Northamptonshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/124824 … :)pic.twitter.com/nutjovq7gQ
And here's a rather sweet Viking-era amber figurine in the shape of a cat from Birka, Sweden http://historiska.se/upptack-historien/foremal/katt-i-barnsten/ …pic.twitter.com/Cjz2mhFpDf
A smiley winged horse on a wall-hanging from Egypt, 4th–6th century AD: http://www.hali.com/choices/the-abegg-stiftung-riggisberg-welcomes-visitors-from-late-april-to-early-november/ …pic.twitter.com/L2CQBF4mtk
Further distraction: a lovely 7thC Anglo-Saxon gold pendant w/ mosaic glass, found Kent :) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/68940 …pic.twitter.com/9eXFSlD6kC
A lovely 9thC Anglo-Saxon ribbon w/ gold metal thread and pink hearts :) http://collections.lacma.org/node/231745 pic.twitter.com/JMHyxo9jHu
A pair of 6thC Visigothic eagle brooches from Spain as some further distraction... http://art.thewalters.org/detail/77441/pair-of-eagle-fibula/ …pic.twitter.com/gJp6t3lxgo
Roman 1stC AD glass 'bird bottles'—contained cosmetic powders, accessed by breaking off tail http://www.rmo.nl/english/exhibitions/archive/at-first-sight/highlights-of-the-exhibition/roman-glass-bottles …pic.twitter.com/qEaz2lNZx4
A smiling purple hare in foliage, textile from 4th-5thC AD Egypt: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/54441/Textile_of_Purple_Hare_in_Foliage/set/?referring-q=coptic …pic.twitter.com/UXTIWmZZXZ
My favourite Anglo-Saxon ring, 5th-6thC w/ sapphire prob from Sri Lanka; found Yorkshire: http://www.medievalhistories.com/the-esrick-ring/ …pic.twitter.com/zgYnCXd3zi
A distractingly lovely emerald green Roman glass bowl, E1stC AD: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/245285?rpp=60&pg=1&ao=on&ft=glass+bowl&pos=4 … :)pic.twitter.com/mTH1pPf0t3
The wonderful purse lid from the 7thC Sutton Hoo ship burial as a distraction from it all http://www.franklinboe.org/cms/lib/NJ01000817/Centricity/Domain/441/MF-EarlyMedieval.ppt%20Flashcards.pdf …pic.twitter.com/UmwGuMkfE7
The Becket Casket---L12thC reliquary casket w/ scenes from the life of St Thomas Becket, via https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Becket_casket_VandA_M.66-1997_n01.jpg …pic.twitter.com/dkeUzzU9tp
Lindholm Høje Viking & earlier (5-11thC) burial ground, Denmark (pic=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1297580/Denmark-city-breaks-Six-things-Aalborg.html …)pic.twitter.com/OXGW28qj3r
A rather gorgeous Roman purple glass bottle, 1stC AD, via https://www.mouginsmusee.com/en/collections/greece-and-rome …pic.twitter.com/dD65L6OKgO
A lovely E9thC disc brooch with Trewhiddle-style creatures, from the Pentney Hoard, Norfolk: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brit_Mus_17sept_005-crop.jpg …pic.twitter.com/TrJCo9WrqL
The wooden portal of c.1050–70 from Urnes, Norway, once again, just because it's stunning :) http://www.franklinboe.org/cms/lib/NJ01000817/Centricity/Domain/441/MF-EarlyMedieval.ppt%20Flashcards.pdf …pic.twitter.com/GEe6uGck4d
Harness ornaments from a 5thC burial, poss that of Ardaric, king of Gepids+ally of Attila https://plus.google.com/photos/117513149298556238652/albums/6063298198618949505 …pic.twitter.com/0qqrJ0ETIG
Some more colour pics of the 1939 Sutton Hoo excavations: http://www.eadt.co.uk/ea-life/new_sutton_hoo_photographs_unearthed_1_734070 … & https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/118/flashcards/2685118/png/sutton_hoo_boat_impression1359690272500.png …pic.twitter.com/Ty6fXzv1rE
A hen w/ her chicks, 4th-7thC, from tomb of the Lombardic queen Theodelinda (d.628) at Monza http://www.museoduomomonza.it/pages/Percorsi/Default.aspx?id=263&mid=7 …pic.twitter.com/D74oatozFX
One more distraction, a 1stC AD Roman perfume bottle from Cyprus made of honey yellow glass: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/239779 …pic.twitter.com/nxtTmLm1Dd
A beautiful rock crystal ball pendant in gold, from 7thC Picquigny, France: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kotomi-jewelry/4165696423/in/photostream/ …pic.twitter.com/ANr5UhSMRy
The 3 gold lunalae (Bronze Age collars) in @Cornwall_Museum, 4000+ yrs old—found Harlyn Bay+St Juliot, Cornwall :)pic.twitter.com/vdtsSafTjo
One of my favourites :) A Roman 'ribbon glass cup', prob made Italy c. 25 BC-50 AD: http://blog.cmog.org/2011/06/27/antiquity-or-contemporary/ …pic.twitter.com/ty31xPL2OK
A tiny garnet face hidden on the leg of the bird mount from the E7thC Sutton Hoo shield :) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=79865001&objectId=86436&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/84w4wMI0ux
Romano-British manufacturing at its best: an enamelled flask, found at Gorgippia (Russia) http://iccs.synthasite.com/resources/Art%20Treasures%20of%20Ancient%20Kuban.pdf …pic.twitter.com/JnYDhUMnqo
Another favourite, three wonderful Roman glass circus cups of the 2ndC AD, found Denmark :) http://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/denmark/prehistoric-period-until-1050-ad/the-early-iron-age/a-princely-dynasty-at-stevns/ …pic.twitter.com/7z1JtnvFHY
Some Roman 'bird bottles' in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki :) http://greek-museums.tumblr.com/post/101140438701/archaeological-museum-of-thessaloniki-glass …pic.twitter.com/y1PvtUEfyc
Amethyst beads from a 6thC/7thC cemetery at Sittingbourne, Kent; poss from India/Sri Lanka? http://www.canterburytrust.co.uk/learning/resources/galleries/anglo_saxon_cemetery/ …pic.twitter.com/CyGyZigG03
A 10thC Anglo-Saxon portable sundial w/ silver tablet, found in Canterbury Cathedral, 1938: http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/conservation/archives/anglo-saxon-canterbury/ …pic.twitter.com/nYIRm6Vcea
Pair of 4-5thC red/purple leather shoes w/ gold leaf, from Egypt: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119560/pair-of-shoes/ …pic.twitter.com/evivaRNEEk
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