The 11thC Pitney Brooch, found in Somerset—a Scandinavian Urnes-style brooch w/ some Anglo-Saxon features: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/asset/the-pitney-brooch/dgGoTIlZ3VKkbQ?avm=4 …pic.twitter.com/N36nftywzE
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The 11thC Pitney Brooch, found in Somerset—a Scandinavian Urnes-style brooch w/ some Anglo-Saxon features: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/asset/the-pitney-brooch/dgGoTIlZ3VKkbQ?avm=4 …pic.twitter.com/N36nftywzE
The fabulous wooden northern portal of the stave church at Urnes, Norway, c. 1050–70 :) https://www.franklinboe.org/cms/lib/NJ01000817/Centricity/Domain/441/MF-EarlyMedieval.pdf …pic.twitter.com/fdMLqhjfhQ
An 11th-century Irish Urnes style 'trial-piece', made of slate & carved both sides (Killaloe, Clare): http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=63842&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/gTzOak0rmx
How were these wondrous things created when there was no way to magnify them? The metalwork is so detailed but still perfect!
It's a fascinating question; are various theories, but the tiny detailing on early medieval metalwork is indeed most intriguing!
Was it you who posted a bunch of rock crystal spheres set as pendants? perhaps those would work. Perhaps they'd also work as burning glasses for starting a fire.
Yes, that was me :) And I definitely one theory!
RT gratia @caitlinrgreen You say the Cross of Cong, I say the Cross of KONG!!!!pic.twitter.com/5MJWl56ztu
Hah! :)
That’s fantastic, how much detail.
Yes, just astonishingly accomplished!
Not a bad question: have to say, most modern attempts at replicas fall short to my eye...
AmaZing...these ppl had patience......
How good is that 
It’s so intricate I doubt we can make something that beautiful now?
The detail!
Quite beautiful
That's pretty good
I'm sure some warriors liked these too much to use in anger... couldn't afford the repairs

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