Apparently it's #worldlionday, so here's my favourite Roman chocolate lion again, a.k.a. a sherd of Nene Valley Ware from Lincoln (BM) :)pic.twitter.com/zhXZohI74p
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A 14thC BC lion head vessel made from Baltic amber & found in a tomb at Qatna, Syria #worldlionday http://www.zum.de/Faecher/G/BW/Landeskunde/schwaben/museen/landesmuseum_wttg/ausst/syrien/gruft.htm …pic.twitter.com/YRAKAeknRx
A L6thC drawing of two lions departing Noah's Ark, Ashburnham Pentateuch, ?Rome: http://gallica.bnf.fr/m/ark:/12148/btv1b53019392c/f30.item …pic.twitter.com/USuulvSfHr
A Byzantine silk cushion cover w/ lions; made in Syria+preserved in the 8thC Shōsōin Repository at Nara, Japan; see http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/03/a-very-long-way-from-home.html …pic.twitter.com/LeEpvdbSs3
A Merovingian buckle showing Daniel in the lions' den: http://plaques-boucles.chez-alice.fr/daniel.html pic.twitter.com/oglIhRgMhQ
Interesting how the Daniel buckle resembles Middle #Byzantine ones depicting maybe charioteers, no lions only horses. This one from #Samospic.twitter.com/kRLSmVvuaB
Thanks, most interesting! :)
A blue worthy of Chagall
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