Laufer, B (1926). “Ostrich Egg-shell cups of Mesopotamia
and the Ostrich in Ancient and Modern Times”, Field Museum of
Natural History,
Department of Anthropology, Chicago,
Leaflet no. 23.
Green, N. (2006) “Ostrich Eggs and Peacock Feathers: Sacred
Objects as Cultural
Exchange between Christianity and Islam” Al-Masaq:
Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean, 18/1: 27-78.
There is also
an ostrich egg reliquary in the monastery of St. Wiperti in
Quedlinburg, inventoried in 1546. The crucifix crowning the
decoration on the artefact can be dated stylistically to the
latter half of the 14th century. For details see cat. number 26 in
Dietrich Kötzsche’s (ed.) volume on the church treasury - (1992)
Der Quedlinburger Schatz wieder vereint, Berlin, Kulturstiftung
der Länder, p. 95.
Best,
Aleks
On 24/05/2013 12:33, Alice Choyke wrote:
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Hi! Can anyone point me in the direction of either medieval
ostrich egg finds (or egg shells in church treasuries) or
ostrich bones from late antique or medieval excavation
contexts?
