Imperfectly Period

    These are my favourite eyeglasses because you can tell that they were forgotten inside this book (a collection of sermons by St. Augustin), which is just so human and something I would absolutely do if my glasses were so flat.   Apologies for the blurriness as I was quite tired at this point and frantically taking photos as fast as I could through the glass display cases, but you can see their magnification strength in the photo above.     Both the glasses and the book are in the Musée de Cluny .

  My first attempt at Old Icelandic based on Ævidrápa  for a baronial long-term service award. The design is based on an extant raven brooch. Listen all and I will boast of a friend to all. It is too late to deny one fine fellow [lit. beautiful boy], he-bear Beorn Bjulfrsson, he begs nothing but gives without expectation of reward [lit. much money]. This March 21 AS 60 [I used Roman numerals], giving Vémundr and sea-ward standing Hallveig, Baron and Baroness of the land girt by/with the whale road, confer upon him the title of noble Seagull. Hlyði allit en ek Berkeley ór allt fólk langvinr.  Frá vinum mínum einn snyrtidreng, bersi Beorn Bulfrsson; hann beiðr neinn nema gefr án vænting féván mikil. At Einmánaðr XXI vér, veita Vémundr ok hafleið Hallveig, Barún ok Barúnfrú ór lands gjörd með halvrr vegr herra horskliger mávar.

      It's a bit hard to tell, but the peacock eyes are all over-painted with iridescent paints.