The Viking Age. Volume 2 (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 2 (of 2): The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations
Fig. 1191.
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Gold ring, real size, found in a tumulus with fragments of a
two-edged sword with its bronze mountings, &c.—Norway.
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Fig. 1192.
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Fig. 1193.
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Gold ring, real size, found in a round mound with four other gold
rings, &c. The stone in the middle is a flat cornelian, the one
above a piece of convex glass; the lower one is missing.—Verdalen,
Norway.
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Fig. 1194.—Ring of gold. Real size.—Norway.
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Fig. 1195.—Ring of gold. Real size.—Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1196.—Necklet of gold, weight over 4 oz., found under a large
stone.—Södermanland, Sweden. ⅔ real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1197.—Diadem of gold, found while digging potatoes; weight
slightly over 6 oz. ⅗ real size.—Öland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1198.—Diadem or necklet of gold, weight 6½ oz., found in a ditch
near the city of Abo, Finland. ½ real size.
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These types of diadems in spiral bracelets have been found in bog
finds of the Thorsberg, and also with Valoby graves.
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Fig. 1199.
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Fig. 1200.
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Button of gold, front and reverse, with garnets
_enchassés_.—Götland.
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Fig. 1201.—Gold bead. Real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1202.—Glass bead. Real size. Found when ploughing.—Vestergötland.
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Fig. 1203.—Necklet of almost pure gold (99·5), weighing 6 oz. ⅔ real
size.—Öland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1204.—Spiral bracelet of gold; weight, 7 oz. Real size.—Öland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1205.—Filigree bead of gold.—Vestmanland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1206.—Charm of gold. Real size.—Vestergötland.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1207.—Human figure of gold on the necklace of Möne, found in a
stone-heap; double real size.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1208.—Necklace of gold, ornamented with filigree work and Roman
and Byzantine coins of the 5th century; ⅓ real size.—Scania,
Copenhagen Museum.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1209.—Bracelet of bronze, found in a mound at Husby,
Erlinghumdra,
Upland. Real size.
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Fig. 1210.
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Fig. 1211.
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Fig. 1212.
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Figures of animals, real size, in amber, found in a
tumulus.—Indersöen, Norway.
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Fig. 1213.—Diadem of gold. ½ real size. Found under a big stone in a
heap of stones; weight, 8 oz.—Norway.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1214.—Probably a diadem of gold melted with silver; weight over 2
lbs.
½ real size.—Medelpal, Sweden.
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[Illustration:
Fig. 1215.—Diadem of gold; weight just over 6 ozs. ⅔ real
size.—Götland.
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Fig. 1216.
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Fig. 1217.
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Fig. 1218.
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Charm of gold, three different views.—Vestmanland.
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Fig. 1219.—Figure of gold; real size.—Scania.
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