Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 63
—Golden Bracteate from Scandinavia. {Danish Arts.) goat sacred to Thor, the triad three dots, and the swastika.On the border is the triskele (Odins sign), Freys cross,and the zigzag or lightning. The larger bracteate (Fig. 64) has Thor with the he-goat surrounded by the swastika, triskele, and the… … l-ig. 65.—Pnrts otHaniess in Gilt Bronze, Godaud. iScaiui. Arts.) he-goats. On the loop are signs of the sun and moon, andunder it sun-snakes (developed into spirals). The above THE IRON AGE. 43 descriptions of the bracteates are chiefly taken from the Danish Arts. Characteristic ornament of this…
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