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
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A 3rd-4thC AD Roman glass bipartite kohl tube w/ a thin bronze applicator: http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/221820/unknown-maker-bipartite-kohl-tube-roman-3rd-4th-century/?dz=0.5000,0.8909,0.51 …pic.twitter.com/rUSjya9KCW
A turquoise 'Raqqa ware' jar, made in L12th-E13thC Syria: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451360 … & https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jar_Met_56.185.15.jpg …pic.twitter.com/uPyzAMTuMA
Detail of the Sigurd portal from the demolished L12/E13thC stave church at Hylestad, Norway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylestad_stave_church …pic.twitter.com/WDeBOfX495
A Roman emerald green glass boat, 1stC AD, found Pompeii: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=1162831001&objectId=466289&partId=1 … & http://blog.oup.com/2013/08/pompeii-herculaneum-roman-ruins-slideshow/ …pic.twitter.com/afeeYRGaYv
Several theories as to function of Roman glass boats, incl that were women's urinals! See http://www.cmog.org/article/roman-glass-boats …pic.twitter.com/E1ZZeABc6V
Thank you! You show us how sophisticated, and how conscious of beauty, the makers of these things were!
Very kind of you, thank you :)
This is just like the pins that women use today for their hijabs.pic.twitter.com/59NNOYDdm1
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