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
Horse-collar found in sepulchral chamber at Sollested, Assens, Fýen.
Among other interesting finds in this sepulchral chamber were the
remains of a cinerary urn with burnt bones and fragments of iron;
equipment for two horses, including remains of a magnificent saddle,
horses’ bits ornamented with gold and silver; stirrups inlaid with
silver and gold, &c., &c.
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A remarkable horse-collar was found at Sollested, Assens, Fýen, in a
sepulchral chamber, 30 feet long, 9 feet broad, with its entrance facing
the north-east; the representations of heads riveted to the collar are
similar to numerous ones found in Southern Russia, of which many
examples are to be seen in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
[Illustration:
Fig. 668.—Fragments of harness with nails and other ornaments of iron
covered with silver, sewn on leather. Real size. Denmark.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 669.—Iron bits.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 670.—Chains of iron, ¼ real size, with large rings at the end.
Sollested.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 671.—End of waggon-pole. Real size. Sollested.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 672.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 673.
Parts of a bit of bronze gilt, ⅔ real size, found in a round tumulus
explored in 1852, containing the remains of a ship and a waggon,
pieces of a wooden saddle riveted with gilt bronze ornaments,
several stirrups, bones of several animals, &c. Vold Borre, Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 674.—Iron spur found in a tumulus. ⅓ real size. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 675.—Ornament to horse collar of bronze gilt. ½ real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 676.—Iron spur, found in a tumulus with a stone vase, a
single-edged sword, an axe, two spear-heads, a shield-boss, a pair
of stirrups, &c. ⅓ real size. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 677.—Part of horse collar of bronze. ½ real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 678.—Bronze bridle, little less than ⅕ real size, found in a
tumulus. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 679.—Iron bit, 2/9 real size, found in a tumulus with a two-edged
sword, two spear-heads, an axe, three knife-blades, fragments of a
shield-boss, &c., all of iron. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 680.—Iron bit, 2/9 real size, found in a tumulus with a large
axe, a spear-head, thirteen arrow-heads, six shield bosses, two
knife-blades, clinch nails, &c. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 681.—Iron bit found in a tumulus. 2/9 real size. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 682.—Iron bit. 2/9 real size. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 683.—Iron bit, 2/9 real size, found in a tumulus, with burnt
bones. Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 684.—Iron bit for horses. ⅓ real size. Ultuna.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 685.—About ¼ real size. Norway. In a mound.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 686.—Stirrup, ⅓ real size, found in a mound upon the island of
Bjorko.
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