The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2): The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nationsDu Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni)
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The Viking Age. Volume 1 (of 2): The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations
Bronze mountings for a quiver. ¼ real size.
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Fig. 461.—¼ real size.
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Fig. 462.—½ real size.
Fragments of wooden scabbards with bronze mountings.
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Fig. 463.—Wooden quiver. ¼ real size.
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Fig. 464.—Bearded spear-head, bent and twisted. ⅓ real size.
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Fig. 465.
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Fig. 466.
Bearded spear-points of iron. ⅓ real size.
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Fig. 467.—Iron spear-point, bayonet shaped. ⅓ real size.
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Fig. 468.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 469.
Iron spear-points. ⅓ real size.
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Fig. 470.—Leaf shaped iron spear-point. Real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 471.—Iron sword, damascened, bearing Latin inscription. ⅔ real
size.
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Fig. 472.—Iron sword bearing Latin inscription. ⅔ real size.
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Fig. 473.—Iron sword bearing Latin inscription.
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Fig. 474.—Part of sword blade with runes inlaid with gold.
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Fig. 475.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 476.
Damascened blades. ⅔ real size.
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Fig. 477.—Wooden bowl. ⅙ real size.
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Fig. 478.
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Fig. 479.
Iron ferrules to scabbard, inlaid with flat hammered gold wire. ½ real
size.
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Fig. 480.—Wooden trough. ⅙ real size.
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Fig. 481.
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Fig. 482.—Ornaments of bronze plated with thin silver and gold. Real
size.
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Fig. 483.—Bit of bronze. ¼ real size.
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Fig. 484.—Bit of iron. ¼ real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 485.—Double-edged damascened sword with silver handle. ⅕ real
size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 486.—Double-edged damascened sword. ⅕ real size.
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Fig. 487.—Spiral bracelet of gold with triangular ornaments, ½ real
size, found in a bog near Horsens, Denmark.
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Fig. 488.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 489.
Damascened iron sword, ¼ real size, of the later iron age, with
mounting for scabbard, made of silver, in relief work and gilt.
Found in a bog near Slagelse on Zealand, Denmark.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 490.—Iron sword, with bronze handle, ⅙ real size, found in a bog
at Fremlöse, not far from the town of Odense, on Fyen, with
fragments of two other iron swords, &c. Earlier iron age.
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CHAPTER XIII.
NORTHERN RELICS—GROUND FINDS.
The custom of hiding objects—Discovery of numerous golden objects
near the surface—Necklaces of gold—Golden horns discovered at
Mögletönder—The Bangstrup find.
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