The industrial arts of Scandinavia in the pagan time (1883)
Hildebrand, Hans, 1842-1913 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman & Hall · leaf 49
no less thanforty-four figures. Here I can give no more than a sketch ofthe various forms found in Scandinavia. In Fig. 21 we have a very rich pattern. The head appearing inFig. 11 recurs here, but four times instead of once. Twelvebirds heads, treated in a conventional manner, spring from therim… … Fig. 21.—Fibula of silver found in Sweden. Fig. 22.—Fibula of silver found in Norway. A fragment of another fibula, nearly related to this, has beenfound in Gotland. It is of high interest, as bearing a Runicinscription ; this is also the case with some of the fibulae foundin Germany. THE EARLIER…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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