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 55
figure),and as we may also conclude from its shape, has been destinedto give weight and steadiness to some hanging strap. These quad-rangular mountings are found in other parts of Scandinavia and inthe tombs of the western Teutonic tribes, but although thecontours are the same, the ornamentation… … Fig. 33.—Fibula in giit bronze. Gotland. There must have been a considerable intercourse at this timewith other nations, as we see from the contents of anotherGodandic tomb, where among other things was found a largeshell, an ovulum ovum, which does not occur nearer to Scandinaviathan in the Indian…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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