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
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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
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
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
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
And to think my Mum, after taking me as a lad to see Dr Dolittle, told me pushmi-pullyus were not real......
Possibly hunted to extinction in the medieval period... ;)
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