QuoteA 5th-century chalice covered in religious iconography has been discovered in Northumberland, to the astonishment of archaeologists, who describe it as Britain's first known example of Christian graffiti on an object.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/29/hadrians-wall-dig-reveals-oldest-christian-graffiti-on-chalice
Quote from: Duncan Head on August 29, 2020, 03:28:35 PM
QuoteA 5th-century chalice covered in religious iconography has been discovered in Northumberland, to the astonishment of archaeologists, who describe it as Britain's first known example of Christian graffiti on an object.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/29/hadrians-wall-dig-reveals-oldest-christian-graffiti-on-chalice
I'm more surprised by a 'lead' chalice. Do they mean pewter?
I've come across mediaeval lead chalices, so maybe the Romans used it too.
Quote from: Duncan Head on August 29, 2020, 06:06:01 PM
I've come across mediaeval lead chalices, so maybe the Romans used it too.
I confess they're new to me!
Which to be fair doesn't invalidate their existence :)
From the 9th century, chalices were supposed to be made of gold or silver. Tin was permitted in poor churches and in the Middle Ages, pewter was used, especially for burial chalices. It may be that a lead chalice was all a church stuck on Hadrians Wall could afford.
good for shortening the lives of the congregation!
and here is the authoritative article on the matter.... ;)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8678719/Archaeologists-unearth-unique-5th-century-chalice-near-Hadrians-Wall.html
Here is a picture of the chalice in itss museum setting
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Egl7rhyXgAI-eB_?format=jpg&name=large)
I'm tempted to ask whether the daily mail reports young people as responsible for the breakage.
Quote from: Mark G on August 31, 2020, 08:28:22 PM
I'm tempted to ask whether the daily mail reports young people as responsible for the breakage.
no doubt at some point. that or migrants.....
Quote from: Holly on August 31, 2020, 09:46:34 PMno doubt at some point. that or migrants.....
Bloody Picts, coming down here and breaking our chalices...
Quote from: Duncan Head on August 31, 2020, 10:24:24 PM
Quote from: Holly on August 31, 2020, 09:46:34 PMno doubt at some point. that or migrants.....
Bloody Picts, coming down here and breaking our chalices...
Well when you'll looking for something useful to loot and have some hopes of silver, a lead chalice is just so infuriating!
Quote from: Duncan Head on August 31, 2020, 10:24:24 PM
Quote from: Holly on August 31, 2020, 09:46:34 PMno doubt at some point. that or migrants.....
Bloody Picts, coming down here and breaking our chalices...
;D genuinely made me laugh.....thanks for the pick me up Duncan