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=== Goldsmithery in Visigothic Hispania ===
[[File:Corona de (29049230050).jpg|thumb|upright|Detail of the [[votive crown]] of [[Recceswinth]] from the [[Treasure of Guarrazar]], (Toledo-Spain) hanging in Madrid. The hanging letters spell '''''[R]ECCESVINTHVS REX OFFERET''''' [King R. offers this].{{Efn|The first R is held at the [[Musée de Cluny]], Paris}} ]]
In Spain, an important collection of Visigothic metalwork  was found in [[Guadamur]], known as the [[Treasure of Guarrazar]]. This [[Archaeology|archeological]] find comprises twenty-six [[votive crown]]s and gold [[cross]]es from the royal workshop in Toledo, with signs of Byzantine influence.
* Two important votive crowns are those of [[Recceswinth]] and of [[Suintila]], displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid; both are made of gold, encrusted with sapphires, pearls, and other precious stones. Suintila's crown was stolen in 1921 and never recovered. There are several other small crowns and many votive crosses in the treasure.
* The aquiliform (eagle-shaped) [[Fibula (brooch)|fibulae]] that have been discovered in [[necropolis]]es such as [[Duratón, Segovia|Duraton]], [[Madrona (Segovia)|Madrona]] or Castiltierra cities of [[Segovia]]. These fibulae were used individually or in pairs, as clasps or pins in gold, bronze and glass to join clothes.
* The Visigothic belt buckles, a symbol of rank and status characteristic of Visigothic women's clothing, are also notable as works of goldsmithery. Some pieces contain exceptional [[Byzantine art|Byzantine-style]] [[lapis lazuli]] inlays and are generally rectangular in shape, with copper alloy, garnets and glass.{{sfn|The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Belt Buckle 550–600"}}{{efn|Important findings have also been made in the Visigothic [[necropolis]] of Castiltierra ([[Segovia]]) in Spain.<ref>{{cite web|work=National Archaeological Museum-Museo Arqueológico Nacional of Spain|url=http://www.man.es/man/dam/jcr:eb7fea42-15c8-4b6b-b18c-4d940b2656a5/2018-castiltierra-ii.pdf|title=La necrópolis de época visigoda de Castiltierra (Segovia) Excavaciones dirigidas por E. Camps y J. M.a de Navascués, 1932–1935 Materiales conservados en el Museo Arqueológico Nacional}}</ref>}}