Tomorrow #Christians celebrate the feast day of #SaintMartin , the later bishop of #Tours (11th November). The legend says that the Saint encountered a beggar at the city gates of Amiens. Seeing that (1/3)
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Do you know what day it is? Yes! #JewelryFriday 👑 So let's talk about last week, where i had the honor to give a speech about a part of my #phd thesis: how minerals could emphasize the meaning of Jewelry💍. For example the well-known #middlehamjewel , which was possibly owned(1/4)

This sweet little fellow once decorated a saddle, crupper, bridle or reins of a horse. Not only here, but also in other medieval objects the dog was a symbol of loyality - a scroll above the dog presents the inscription 'LEAL' for loyal.
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'What it's #JewelryFriday 👑?'
Yes Sir! Today with a #miniature from a Prayer Book - the beautiful illuminated #GrimaniBreviary . It's easy to detect the difference between the nobility and the #Jester - the Jewelry!🎭🐸
©Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Lat. I, 99 (=2138)

Do you know where #Jewelry could be bought or better commissioned in the #MiddleAges ? A #flemish #miniature from a 15th century #French manuscript owned by Louis de Gruuthuse👇 gives us an impression of that for #Jewelry Friday👑 . In a detail of the #illumination you can see a 🧵

This #JewelryFriday 👑 i present you a Sundial in the form of a #hedgehog 🦔 from 1580 (produced in #Augsburg ) in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien✨️ The accurate depiction and studying of flora (1/2)

#materialculture #earlymodernperiod #germany #Austria #Vienna

Today #Biblicalstory meets #JewelryFriday 👑! This 16th c. gold pendant decorated with enamel and rubies presents 'Bathsheba at her bath': 'It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he (1/4)
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#FunFact 🥳 for #JewelryFriday 👑 What has #BellaHadid to do with #AnneBoleyn - the 2nd wife of #Henry VIII? 🧵👇

Anne Boleyn, unknown, oil on panel, late 16th century, based on a work of circa 1533-1536, © National Portrait Gallery, London
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🚨This will be the last #JewelryFriday 👑 before my long #Winterbreak ☃️ and beginning of my #maternityleave 🤰🏻. Thank you for your attention and interest! Stay tuned! ✨️ (4/4)

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(Matthew 2:16). The foot is adorned with a bejeweled sandal, flower decorations and a crown. The clue: in the middle of the foot you can see a rock crystal window through which the relic was visible for the faithful on feast days (2/2)
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Guten Morgen es ist Freitag🥳 u. bei mir ist Freitags immer #JewelryFriday 👑 Warum? Weil ich grob gesagt über mittelalterlichen Schmuck promoviere und dazu forsche. Über mein genaues Thema morgen mehr😉 Wollt ihr heute mehr über mittelalterlichen Schmuck wissen oder zu Heiligen?