VIMOSE FIND. [Illustration: Fig. 385.—One of four bronze buckles, enamelled in red, green, and blue, the inside borders of black mosaic enamel. ⅔ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 386.—Sax, or single-edged sword. ¼ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 387.—Damascened sax. ¼ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 388.—Bent sax, or single-edged sword. ¼ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 389.—Single-edged sax or iron sword. ¼ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 390. ] [Illustration: Fig. 391. Sax, or single-edged swords, one in wooden scabbard. ¼ real size. ] In this remarkable find several enamelled objects have been discovered. This art appears to have been unknown to the nations of classical antiquity. There is no word for it in Greek or Latin. Philostratus,[162] when describing a wild boar hunt, mentions the beauty and fine colour of the harness of the horses, and, when stating how these colours were produced, mentions that they were made by the barbarians living on the shores of the ocean. [Illustration: Fig. 392.—Griffon’s head, ornament belonging to helmet of bronze. Real size. ] This description may very well refer to the people of the North, the great splendour of whose riding gear and chariots we see from the finds and sagas. [Illustration: Fig. 393.—Fragments of ring-armour of hammered iron. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 394.—Bronze mounting, plated with gold silver, and belonging to ring-armour. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 395.—Remains of ring-armour of iron, with traces of gold plating. ½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 396. ] [Illustration: Fig. 397. ] [Illustration: Fig. 398. Spurs, one of bronze, with iron point; the others of iron. ] [Illustration: Fig. 399.—Wheel. 1/20 real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 400.—Man’s head on a piece of bronze covered with a thin gold plate. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 401.—Ferrule of silver for hilt plated with gold. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 402.—Parts of a wooden plane. ⅓ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 403.—Shoulder-strap of leather, with bronze button and design of dolphin. About ⅐ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 404.—Silver ornament plated with gold. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 405.—Fragment of wooden shield with gilt-headed nails. ] [Illustration: Fig. 406.—Silver-plated bronze ornament. ] [Illustration: Fig. 407.—Silver mounting to scabbard. Real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 408.—Silver mounting for scabbard. ½ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 409.—One of 1,000 spears, inlaid with concentric circles. ⅓ real size. ] [Illustration: Fig. 410.—One of 1,000 spears. ⅓ real size. ]