ART 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Sutton Hoo, Merovingian Dynasty, Lindisfarne Gospels
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Forget how to make concrete, building is ging ot be very simple. Pair of merovingian looped fibula, mid 6th c. (11-2) Status symbol that shows how wealthy and important you are. You would use a pin to pin a cloak. Made out of gold, enlayed with stones, head of an eagle or bird (reference to nature0 found in a grave of a women, not just men who wear them fish- taking them into the afterlife found in france. Purse cover, from the sutton hoo ship burial, suffolk england, ca. 625 (11-3) coast of england sutton hoo- its flat farmland and there are huge mounds that were robbed they found the remains of a ship soil is acidic and eats things up. Wouldve had a sail and room for 40 rowers ship used for warfare doesn"t survive the metal survives. 698-721 cross-inscribed carpet page; saint matthew (11-7, 8) scrolls- its made out of papryus.
