Medieval Jewellery

Earlier this morning I came across a few pictures of some medieval style jewellery. I was intrigued and decided to go hunting for pictures of the real thing. It's now been 2 hours, and I must stop. I do have other things to do today :-) The Victoria and Albert Museum (link at the bottom) has a ton of articles on the history of jewellery.

These are a few that particularly caught my eye:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title: Jeweled Bracelet
Date: 6th–7th century
Geography: Made in probably Constantinople
Culture: Byzantine
Medium: Gold, silver, pearl, amethyst, sapphire, glass, quartz, emerald plasma
Dimensions Overall: 1 7/16 x 3 1/4 in. (3.7 x 8.2 cm) strap: 15/16 x 7 7/8 in. (2.4 x 20 cm) bezel: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm)
Classification:  Metalwork-Gold
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number17.190.1670

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title: Cloisonné Disc Brooches
Date: 6th century
Culture: Frankish
Medium: Copper alloy cloisons, side and back; glass and patterned copper alloy
Dimensions Overall: 1 3/8 x 13/16 in. (3.5 x 2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Copper
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number17.193.259

The Winchester Horde - Iron Age gold jewellery from the British Museum

 Diptych Pendant, maker unknown, about 1450-80. Museum no. 213-1874 From the Victoria & Albert