mike catalonian:
The Monymusk Reliquary, or Breac Bannoch of Colmcille, an Insular fusion of Gaelic and Pictish design and Anglo-Saxon metalworking, U.K., VIII century
mike catalonian:
Saint Matthew, folio 25 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels, from Northumbria, England, ca. 698-721. Tempera on vellum, British Library, London.
mike catalonian:
Longobard civilization. Gilt silver hen with seven chicks, gift of Queen Theodelinda to the Cathedral of Monza, Italy, VIII century