Corinium Museum- Medieval Objects

[poliphilo]

1. Head of a girl or angel



2. Another head- almost certainly by the same master-craftsman



3. Angel- showing traces of the original paint

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There was a TV programme the other day where they were doing a forensic examination of a skeleton from the cemetery of an English medieval monastery. Its owner turned out to have originated in North Africa. It seems quite a few Africans may have come into England in the retinue of returning crusaders.