The Vase of St Martin of Tours, in Abbey of St Maurice, for Martinmas; a 1stC BC vessel w/ 6thC decoration: http://abbaye-stmaurice.ch/page.php?id=fr19 …pic.twitter.com/RiPoCzjL4F
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One more from the treasury of the Abbaye de Saint-Maurice—the 9thC 'Ewer of Charlemagne': http://abbaye-stmaurice.ch/page.php?id=fr19 …pic.twitter.com/5wE9fYEJzg
The patène de serpentine; 1stC BC-1stC AD serpentine paten w/ 9thC Carolingian mounting: http://www.louvre.fr/oeuvre-notices/patene-de-serpentine …pic.twitter.com/i8rD9Cxr0N
The L5th/E6thC gold, garnet and turquoise paten that was found with E6thC Byzantine coins and a chalice near Gourdon, France: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trésor_de_Gourdon_02.JPG …pic.twitter.com/ox9HWV9yc1
Is there a term for the red with the gold inlay, very similar to some of the items at sutton hoo
Yes! It's called garnet cloisonné, whole thread of examples here :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/894150359169585152 …
Thank you :). I now feel stupid for not looking at the rest of the timeline.
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