Oedipus & the Sphinx—Roman niccolo agate intaglio on the L8thC Enger Reliquary: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/EngerSphinx.jpg …pic.twitter.com/cwPrc9Pp7f
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Oedipus & the Sphinx—Roman niccolo agate intaglio on the L8thC Enger Reliquary: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/EngerSphinx.jpg …pic.twitter.com/cwPrc9Pp7f
The surviving top of the 9thC Escrain de Charlemagne—aquamarine intaglio of Julia Flavia, d.AD 91, sapphires+pearls: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julie,_Intaille_CM.JPG …pic.twitter.com/WyizjNuG8J
I fear this isn't a topic I know much about, but are certainly Byzantine etc artefacts with pearls etc, so...?
What's the story behind the discovery or preservation of the Alaric intaglio? Can't believe something like that survived.
It has an article dedicated to it :)https://www.academia.edu/5479508/The_seal_of_Alaric_rex_Gothorum_The_seal_of_Alaric …
This just made my day. Just the way I like to nerd out. Really great, detailed paper. Thanks!
No problem! :)
I can't stop looking at this
Fabulous, isn't it!? :)
It's the symmetry of the armour motif on the torso. Plus the imagined pressure on the craftsperson not to make a mistake...
where was the seal for a thousand years that it ended in that ring?
Unclear—all we know of the seal's history is discussed here:https://www.academia.edu/5479508/The_seal_of_Alaric_rex_Gothorum_The_seal_of_Alaric …
Wow that is some bling. Beautiful design!
BOWLCUT ALERT
Hmm Underated King
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