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RichardNevell

Seeing #sketchfab in the news made me nostalgic for some of the cool #archaeology models you can find on there. Like this beautiful 15th-century posey ring found at #PevenseyCastle

Then I looked at the description...

sketchfab.com/3d-models/posy-r

SketchfabPosy Ring - 3D model by English Heritage (@EnglishHeritage)British, gold, 15th century Rings like this, bearing inscriptions that are usually love notes or messages of fidelity, are called posy rings, the name deriving from poetry. They were often used as wedding rings. An inscription on the outside, as here, is more common in 14th- and 15th-century rings; as their use continued into the 16th and 17th centuries the inscription moved inside. This inscription was not understood until recently but Malcolm Jones used this model to demonstrate that it reads ‘bi e va’, not ‘vi e va’ as previously thought. The extension after the ‘e’ shows that it is an abbreviation of ‘en’ so the whole reads as ‘bien va’, which translates as ‘go well’. The same inscription appears on a contemporary ring brooch from the Isle of Wight, now in the British Museum. Four very similar rings were found about 30 miles away at Lewes, possibly suggesting that they were all made locally. They are on display at Lewes Museum. From the Pevensey Castle collection (not on display). - Posy Ring - 3D model by English Heritage (@EnglishHeritage)
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Daniel Pomarède

The cosmography of Ho'oleilana is pretty amazing: its shell includes some of the largest known structures of the universe: the Sloan Great Wall, CfA Great Wall, Hercules Supercluster, Corona-Borealis Supercluster... At its core is the Boötes Supercluster.

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#ho'oleilana #hooleilana #cosmology #bao #baryon #acoustic #oscillations #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #space #science #research #discovery #physics #theory #bigbang #lcdm #sketchfab #visualization

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