St John the Evangelist with his eagle in the 8th-century Lindisfarne Gospels (MS Cotton Nero D IV, f. 209v); his feast day is 27 December :) http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_nero_d_iv_f209v …pic.twitter.com/4KvY8eYmdD
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An Anglo-Saxon cross head featuring the eagle of St John, c.800, from pre-Viking church at Brixworth: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/brixchurch_soa_2015/index.cfm …pic.twitter.com/BjX1UuZYls
Another eagle of St John, from the 5th-century Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/GalPlacJohn.jpg …pic.twitter.com/Vy1hD9Eyvo
A 9th-century Anglo-Saxon gold finger-ring bezel from Surrey showing the eagle of St John the Evangelist: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=84994&partId=1 …pic.twitter.com/fVY0gYhKN5
Is that the lesser-known O'Possum of St. Paul on the right?pic.twitter.com/o5AbvK2RS5
Hah! :)
My new book from the @V_and_A v_andshows the elaborate process behind the cross and the ivory
Gorgeous!
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