Not just Jewellery: Personal adornment with purpose

Dr Meggen Gondek will look at how items of personal adornment such as brooches and pins expressed a variety of messages about the wearer during the early Medieval period (AD 500-1000). Using a range of examples from Britain and Ireland, she will explore how meaning might be found in fom, material and style. DShe will also consider the life -story of an object from its creation to curation might help us think about how a piece of jewellery can be much more than personal decoration.
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Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/nw000125?id=EVENT564163