A very long way from home: early Byzantine finds at the far ends of the world — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/03/a-very-long-way-from-home.html …pic.twitter.com/jW7Mtvv3Pi
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Gold grip, mounts+chape from a Lombardic dagger, c.AD 600; decorated w/ sea monsters+dolphins, Byzantine influence: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/469022 …pic.twitter.com/5ffr17E8Th
What a little beauty! How'd it end up in the Ashmolean?
Alas, no details on the card of that :-(
That would be a story worth knowing I think.
Maurice doesn't conjure images of emperors. Just men with Morris Minors, a pipe, and check trousers. The Emperor Maurice of Rotherhithe :)
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