#langobardic

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Fibula with an Enamel Bust.

Culture: Langobardic

Date: A.D. 7th century

Period: Early Medieval

Medium: Cloisonne enamel on gold.

[baebeylik]

Ciborium Fragment. Langobardic. 8th to 9th Century CE.

The Walters Art Museum.

[nadjaerna]

Anglo-Saxon Square-Headed Bow Brooch, 500–600

2. Langobardic Square-Headed Bow Brooch, first half of 6th century

3. Merovingian Radiate-Head Bow Brooch, ca. 510 to 530

[calyptridium]

earring of langobardic or byzantine origin, 6th–7th century

[thatshowthingstarted]

Disk Brooch with Cameoca. 600 (mount); 100–300 (cameo)

Langobardic (mount), Roman (cameo)

The Langobards often embellished their own jewelry with gems carved centuries earlier by Roman or Etruscan craftsmen. These gems, valued for their antiquity, linked their Langobardic wearers to the illustrious peoples who preceded them on the Italian peninsula.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue.

[armthearmour]

A pair of gold decorated shield bosses, Langobardic, modern Italy, ca. 7th century AD, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[heaveninawildflower]

Shield Boss ( Langobardic, 7th century). 

Iron, copper alloy, gold.

Image and text information courtesy The Met.

[youngjaelee]

Glass Drinking Horn

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Langobardic (?)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301

Date: 575–625

Geography: Made in Italy (North)

Culture: Langobardic (?)

Medium: Glass

Dimensions:  8 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (21 x 7 cm); Other (Ht. ): 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

Classification: Glass-Vessels

Object Number: 91.1.1407