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 70
55 value for our actual purpose, in illustration of the general conditionof a period of which the industrial art is of a very great value, Iadd here, out of the find from Vendel, a figure (48) that has allthe relish of novelty, viz. a cavalier armed with a circular shieldand a heavy spear. He is… … Fig. 48.—Mythological figure in embossed bronze. There can be no doubt that we have here before us a mythological subject, and I presume that the correct explanation is to be sought not very far off. The horseman is Wodan, who, according to the Scandinavian legends, had a heavy spear and was…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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