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Belluno Treasure

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The Belluno Treasure is largely composed of gold and gem-encrusted jewellery. The style of decoration from the hoard reflect contemporary fashions in the
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A. Castagnetti and G.M. Varanini (eds.), Il Veneto nel medioevo. Dalla (Verona, Banco Popolare di Verona, 1989)
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disc brooch, a finger-ring, a gold pin with a terminus in the form of a hand (which may have once held a
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The hoard was apparently found in a grave near the town of Belluno in the region of
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S. Marzinzik, Masterpieces: Early Medieval Art (London, British Museum Press, 2013)
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Disc brooch from the Belluno Treasure displayed in the British Museum
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court. It was later purchased by the curator and philanthropist
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Gold cross, which indicates that the person buried was
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in the nineteenth century that has been part of the
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N. Christie, The Lombards (Oxford, Blackwell, 1995)
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Gold pin with terminus in the shape of a small hand
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British Museum
Lombardic
Belluno
Italy
British Museum
Veneto
Italy
Lombardic
Augustus Franks
Mediterranean
cloisonné
pearl
Gold cross, which indicates that the person buried was Christian
Christian
Gold pin with terminus in the shape of a small hand
Finger ring with punched decoration
Another cross from the hoard with perforated loop
Artres Treasure
Domagnano Treasure
Sutri Treasure
Bergamo Treasure
British Museum Collection
British Museum Highlights
Categories
Medieval European objects in the British Museum
Medieval European metalwork objects
Treasure troves in Italy
Italy–United Kingdom relations
Gold objects

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