Dinanderie: a history and description of mediaeval art work in copper, brass and bronze (1910)
Perry, John Tavenor, 1842-1915 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, G. Allen & sons · leaf 57
markable still is thegriffin-like head which formed part of the treasure found inthe Vimost bog, near Odense, in the island of Fyen, which THE ORIGINS 35 we here give (Fig. 15). A comparison of this with thecelebrated Durham Knocker (Fig. 16), and the similarmask on the door of the Cathedral of Le… … Fiu. 15.—Head, Vimose which form so remarkable a feature in early candlesticks,admits that all these subjects bear the imprint of Scandinavianmythology. The great dragon which now crowns the belfry of Ghent,and which previously served as the vane to the belfry ofBruges, has been cited as an example…
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