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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017

      The exceptionally large 7thC Kingston Down gold and garnet cloisonné brooch from Anglo-Saxon Kent, discovered 1771: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/wml/collections/blitz/evacuees/item-381789.aspx …pic.twitter.com/HK5xiUM5nJ

      13 replies 240 retweets 674 likes
    2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      The L6th/E7thC Sutton Hoo gold & garnet cloisonné shoulder clasps, w/ hidden intertwined boars with curly tails: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sutton.Hoo.ShoulderClasp2.RobRoy.jpg …pic.twitter.com/ACmK8JWkVN

      6 replies 63 retweets 150 likes
    3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Two 7thC gold and garnet cloisonné pendants found in the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Faversham, Kent: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=87596&partId=1&place=32264&plaA=32264-3-1&sortBy=imageName&page=1 …pic.twitter.com/inV7YHzo1a

      2 replies 43 retweets 139 likes
    4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A lovely 6th–7thC silver-gilt disc brooch w/ garnet cloisonné & shell bosses; found Wingham, Kent: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=96180&partId=1&museumno=1879,0524.34&page=1 …pic.twitter.com/8kcVSlK1Xl

      4 replies 40 retweets 148 likes
    5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Gold & garnet cloisonné from the 5thC tomb of the Merovingian king Childeric, discovered Tournai (Belgium) in 1653: http://cabinet-des-medailles.over-blog.com/search/childeric/ …pic.twitter.com/TKW6LDAZNe

      5 replies 29 retweets 89 likes
    6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A pair of gorgeous 6thC Visigothic eagle brooches, glass and garnet cloisonné; found SW Spain: http://art.thewalters.org/detail/77441/pair-of-eagle-fibula/ …pic.twitter.com/0RZsqMYoZD

      4 replies 38 retweets 127 likes
    7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A lovely L5thC gold & garnet cloisonné belt-buckle + a hilt, from Esslingen, southern Germany: http://www.museum-digital.de/bawue/index.php?t=objekt&oges=455 …pic.twitter.com/VB9DTPN0o1

      1 reply 19 retweets 66 likes
    8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 7 Aug 2017
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      A 6thC Frankish gold & garnet cloisonné fish brooch from Bülach, Switzerland, w/ garnet scales: http://www.expoarcheo.ch/impressum_e.html …pic.twitter.com/tVV79sFVaT

      5 replies 82 retweets 261 likes
      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Aug 2017

      A lovely 7thC garnet cloisonné brooch from Wijnaldum, the Netherlands, with Indian garnets from Rajasthan: http://www.redbot.frl/blog/de-fibula-van-wijnaldum-digitaal-op-archeologie-frl/ …pic.twitter.com/xztH7fmD3k

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 9 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A 6thC disc-on-bow brooch with garnet cloisonné, found on the island of Gotland, Sweden: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=86761&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/1IV8EIcl7s

          2 replies 32 retweets 130 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A 7thC Lombardic S-shaped brooch with garnet cloisonné, from Cividale del Friuli, N. Italy: http://www.atlantedellarteitaliana.it/artwork-3757.html …pic.twitter.com/H9hcyq7wWN

          2 replies 23 retweets 117 likes
        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A L5th-E6thC Ostrogothic eagle brooch and cicada from the Domagnano Treasure, San Marino, via http://lastoriaviva.it/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/item__1237989724.jpg …pic.twitter.com/Cu5SNny8Vr

          2 replies 25 retweets 98 likes
        5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 10 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Hun-era buckle from a very rich E5thC grave at Regöly, Hungary, with 'fish-scale' garnet cloisonné: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/SzekszardBuckle.jpg …pic.twitter.com/kfvgxKtVLH

          3 replies 23 retweets 76 likes
        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 11 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          5thC harness mounts w/ garnet cloisonné from Apahida, Romania; poss burial of Ardaric, king of Gepids+ally of Attila https://plus.google.com/photos/117513149298556238652/albums/6063298198618949505 …pic.twitter.com/E8WHuIA5Dy

          3 replies 27 retweets 91 likes
        7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 11 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          More 5thC gold and garnet cloisonné finds from Apahida, Romania: http://www.mpov.uw.edu.pl/en/thesaurus/tribes-and-peoples/gepids … & https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tesoro_di_principe_gepidico_di_apahida_(1969),_coperta_di_scatola,_450-500_ca..JPG … & https://plus.google.com/photos/117513149298556238652/albums/6063298198618949505 …pic.twitter.com/5EDH0mrJYO

          2 replies 22 retweets 88 likes
        8. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A L4-E5thC gold+garnet 'pushmi-pullyu' (identified as goats) from a catacomb grave at Kerch, Crimea + other items :) http://www.mpov.uw.edu.pl/en/thesaurus/tribes-and-peoples/ostrogoths- …pic.twitter.com/3luzXYF1lR

          5 replies 13 retweets 85 likes
        9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Two gold & garnet cloisonné lions+a buckle from the recent Russian Fatezhsky treasure, said to be Hun-era, L4/E5thC: http://streetart-ekb.livejournal.com/641913.html pic.twitter.com/g6AbIoCIYr

          6 replies 18 retweets 83 likes
        10. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Some very early garnet cloisonné from Hatra, Iraq (E3rdC), & Ureki, Georgia (L3rd-E4thC): https://www.academia.edu/2614655/Rethinking_the_Sutton_Hoo_Shoulder_Clasps_and_Armour … & https://www.academia.edu/2614651/Garnet_Inlays_in_the_Light_of_the_Armaziskhevi_Dagger_Hilt …pic.twitter.com/rPPZjl2xis

          Three lobed gold and garnet pendant from Hatra, Iraq.
          Gold and garnet cloisonne fitting from Georgia.
          3 replies 20 retweets 73 likes
        11. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 14 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Two gold and garnet cloisonné dragon terminals from a 5thC Eastern Hunnic 'royal collar', ?Kyrgyzstan: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/old-master-sculpture-works-art-l14233/lot.12.html …pic.twitter.com/Jph1cFxNIy

          2 replies 27 retweets 98 likes
        12. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Aug 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Finally the gold, glass & garnet cloisonné dagger from an E6thC Silla tomb, Korea; prob made in Black Sea area: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mpanKmU_ckYC&pg=PA132&lpg=PA132#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/2bvquy4jTB

          7 replies 37 retweets 124 likes
        13. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 18
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The gold & garnet cloisonné sword-harness pyramids from the early 7th-century Sutton Hoo ship burial, with blue chequered millefiori on the top: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=87368&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/Ybn6NELV89

          5 replies 24 retweets 126 likes
        14. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Mar 19
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          The tiny garnet face hidden on the leg of the bird mount from the early 7th-century Sutton Hoo shield :) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=722950001&objectid=86436 …pic.twitter.com/Ys2yqazVLx

          2 replies 17 retweets 83 likes
        15. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 3
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Two 6th-century Frankish bird brooches, made from garnet, gold, glass and pearl: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/17.191.164-5/ …pic.twitter.com/R16x6Le9kn

          2 replies 23 retweets 91 likes
        16. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 7
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A 7th-century Anglo-Saxon gold & garnet pendant from Southampton Football Club; the rest of the cemetery lies unexcavated under the pitch! https://www.flickr.com/photos/wessexarchaeology/51572937/in/gallery-49590941@N04-72157624032036566/ …pic.twitter.com/p9j1uimoxI

          4 replies 38 retweets 117 likes
        17. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen Jul 21
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          A gold and garnet bird of prey from the 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard.pic.twitter.com/Wb8g0aTFje

          3 replies 16 retweets 53 likes
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        2. David M. Perry‏Verified account @Lollardfish 28 Oct 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          is that garnet origin confirmed?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Oct 2017
          Replying to @Lollardfish

          Yep :)

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Kathleen E. Kennedy‏ @TheMedievalDrK 28 Oct 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Lollardfish

          has anyone worked on the over/under for late antique/early med global trade vs recutting/reuse late Roman gems already in W Europe?

          1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
        5. Kathleen E. Kennedy‏ @TheMedievalDrK 28 Oct 2017
          Replying to @TheMedievalDrK @caitlinrgreen @Lollardfish

          (I mean, I know there's good work on the one and on the other, but if there's work attempting to distinguish between the 2)

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        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Oct 2017
          Replying to @TheMedievalDrK @Lollardfish

          Noël Adams' PhD on garnet cloisonné worth a look, mainly Late Antique style iirc & generally assumed new imports; good evidence for Red >

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        7. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Oct 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @TheMedievalDrK @Lollardfish

          > Sea trade in Late Antiquity incl Indo-Pacific beads in 5th–6thC West European graves+at Byzantine port of Berenike on Red Sea, so fits? :)

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        8. Kathleen E. Kennedy‏ @TheMedievalDrK 28 Oct 2017
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Lollardfish

          oh yeah I know there's plenty of ev, just wondering! thanks!

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        9. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 28 Oct 2017
          Replying to @TheMedievalDrK @Lollardfish

          Fwiw, quick flick though Adams suggests does think primarily new imports of Late Antiquity & notes relative rarity of Roman garnet etc :)

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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