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
Fig. 575.—Piece of the coat of mail. Real size. Oremölla.
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Fig. 576.—Vessel of glass. ⅓ real size. Oremölla.
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Fig. 577.—Dipper of bronze, with sieve. ⅓ real size. Oremölla.
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Fig. 578.—Urn. ⅖ real size. Oremölla.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 579.—Bronze vessel of Roman workmanship, containing burnt bones,
and a few pieces of melted glass. Height, 18 inches. Inscribed on it
are the following words in silver:[173] “Apollini Granno donvm
Ammillivs Constans præfectvs templi ipsivs votvm solvit libentissimo
merito.” Mound, Fycklinge, Vestmanland, Sweden. ⅕ real size.
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Fig. 580.—Roman bowl of bronze, found, with several antiquities, under
a slab at Sojvide, Gotland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 581.—Ornament of a large bronze vase, with hole for the handle;
found when ploughing. ⅔ real size. Öland.
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Fig. 582.—Handle of a Roman bronze vase. ⅔ real size. Öland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 583.—Bronze vessel, ⅕ real size, with burnt bones, in a tumulus,
with two bronze spurs exactly alike, a bent double-edged sword, a
spear-head damaged purposely, lying over the kettle, another larger
spear-head well preserved, &c. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 584.—Restored bronze vase, containing ashes and bones, length 8½
inches, encircled by glittering stones and inlaid with silver.
Angvaldnœs, Karmoen, Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 585.—Bronze statuette,[174] representing Juno. ⅓ real size. Ösby,
Gräsgard parish, Öland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 586.—Silver vase. 3/7 real size. Byrsted, Aalborg amt, North
Jutland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 587.—Sieve of bronze, ⅓ real size, found with ornaments of bronze
and a drinking horn, a gold charm, two gold rings, and a small gold
button found in a sepulchral chamber of little over 4 yards in
length, and about 2 feet 3 inches wide. Norway.
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Fig. 588.—Handle of the sieve. Real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 589.—Ornament of a bronze vase, 3/7 real size, found in a
tumulus. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 590.—Ornament of bronze. ½ real size. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 591.—Bronze vessel from Mosbœk bog. Jutland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 592.—Fragments of a bronze chain, probably part of riding gear. ⅓
real size. Bog, Karby on Mors.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 593.—Head at fastening of the handle of the bronze vessel.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 594.—Bronze basin, over a kettle containing burnt bones, ¼ real
size, in round tumulus, inside a little stone cist built of slabs;
with it also were a bronze kettle and a glass cup. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 595.—Bronze vase containing burnt bones, wrapped in a dark green
woollen cloth with greenish and yellow stripes, fastened with a
fibula of silver. In the chamber were a pair of shears and other
objects. Ringkjobing amt, Jutland.
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