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
History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
That has got to be one of the most beautiful and unique garnet buckles I have ever seen!
Isn't it wonderful! Do love some of the early examples in particular! :)
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