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regndoft: Codex Argenteus, also known as the Silver Bible, was made in the beginning of the 6th century for the Ostrogothic king Theoderic the Great and contains the four gospels. It was a symbol of power and might, written with gold and silver ink on purple parchment; the original cover was probably covered with pearls and jewels. Despite the impressive piece of art the Codex Argenteus indubitably is, its real value is the content: it’s the most complete text written in the now extinct Gothic language. You can view the Codex Argenteus online at Uppsala University’s homepage. (… Yes, yes I have been drooling over this for the last twenty minutes and needed to share. Shut up.)

regndoft:

Codex Argenteus, also known as the Silver Bible, was made in the beginning of the 6th century for the Ostrogothic king Theoderic the Great and contains the four gospels. It was a symbol of power and might, written with gold and silver ink on purple parchment; the original cover was probably covered with pearls and jewels.

Despite the impressive piece of art the Codex Argenteus indubitably is, its real value is the content: it’s the most complete text written in the now extinct Gothic language.

You can view the Codex Argenteus online at Uppsala University’s homepage.

(… Yes, yes I have been drooling over this for the last twenty minutes and needed to share. Shut up.)

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theancientworld: Fragment of a military diploma, Mid-Imperial, Trajanic, 113/14 a.d.RomanBronze Most surviving Roman military diploma belonged to army veterans. These discharge papers, however, were issued by the emperor Trajan to sailors on a warship, a quadrireme, in the imperial fleet based in Misenum on the Bay of Naples. The ship may have formed part of the flotilla that escorted the emperor from Italy to the East for the Parthian War (114–117 A.D.).

theancientworld:

Fragment of a military diploma, Mid-Imperial, Trajanic, 113/14 a.d.
Roman
Bronze

Most surviving Roman military diploma belonged to army veterans. These discharge papers, however, were issued by the emperor Trajan to sailors on a warship, a quadrireme, in the imperial fleet based in Misenum on the Bay of Naples. The ship may have formed part of the flotilla that escorted the emperor from Italy to the East for the Parthian War (114–117 A.D.).

olio-ataxia: A multiple-exposure image of Novak Djokovic of Serbia, as he serves during the men’s singles match against Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London, England, on November 25, 2011. (Michael Regan/Getty Images for Barclays) #33

olio-ataxia:

A multiple-exposure image of Novak Djokovic of Serbia, as he serves during the men’s singles match against Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London, England, on November 25, 2011. (Michael Regan/Getty Images for Barclays) #33