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. 191.—Stone coffin, 7½ feet long, 20 inches wide, 18 inches high,
showing how the beads were placed.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 192.—Fibula of bronze, plated with silver. ⅔ real size. Found in
a piece of woollen cloth, with numerous beads, &c., in a stone
coffin.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 193.—Bead of gold and silver mixed. Real size.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 194.—Mosaic bead, of red colour. Real size.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 195.—Mosaic bead, real size, found with a silver
ring.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 196.—Glass bead. Real size.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 197.—Fibula of bronze: on its pin was a piece of linen—found with
mosaic beads in a stone coffin. Real size.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 198.—Fibula of silver, with fragments of bone comb, long knife,
with remains of wooden scabbard, &c. Stone coffin 9 feet long. Real
size.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 199.—Bead of gold and silver mixed, made of three pieces soldered
together.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 200.—Axe of iron, found together with human teeth, horn comb, &c.
½ real size.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 201.—Cylinder-shaped receiver of bronze ⅔ real size, with a cover
and pieces of a leather band; in it were 7–8 pointed pieces of wood,
probably toothpicks or pins.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 202.—Iron sword, slightly more than ⅛ real size.—Kannikegaard.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 203.—One-edged sword, from a grave-mound, Norway. 2/9 real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 204.—Double-edged sword, from a grave-mound, Norway, found with
other damaged weapons, &c. 2/9 real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 205.—Iron spear-point, found in clay urn. Skovlyst, Ribe,
Jutland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 206.—Spear-point, from a cairn, Norway; found with two unburnt
bodies, seven bronze buckles, a bronze key, seven beads of glass and
amber, &c. 2/9 real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 207.—Stirrup, from a grave-mound, Norway, found with another
similar stirrup, a double-edged sword, spear-point, axe blade, &c.,
all damaged. 2/9 real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 208.—Cinerary urn and bent sword with iron sheath.—Skovlyst,
Ribe, Jutland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 209.—Black clay urn, with hollow spots, ¼ real size, containing
burnt bones.—Broholm, Fyen.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 210.—Clay urn with svastica, ¼ real size, top of which was closed
by the bottom of another, containing burnt bones, a pointed iron
knife, a needle of bronze, melted lumps of glass from beads of
different colours, &c.—Bornholm.
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