Nordic Archaeology, Bracteates, Gold Medals, Jewelry, Ancient Byzantine emperors -1857 Engraved Print

Atlas de l'archéologie du nord, représentant des échantillons de l'age de bronze et de l'age de fer. (Atlas for nordisk oldkyndighed fremstillende pröver fra bronzealderen og fra jernalderen). Publié par la Société Royale des Antiquaires du Nord.

Atlas of the Archeology (Archaeology) of the North, representing bronze and iron samples. (Atlas of Nordic Antiquity producing specimens from the Bronze Age and from the Iron Age). Published by the Royal Society of Antiquaries of the North.

Publisher: Copenhagen, Thiele; Leipzig: Lorck; London: Williams & Norgate,

Publication Date: 1857

A SINGLE Page (Blank on Reverse) - Great engraving with light foxing and age toning

On this plate (Tab. I): Bracteates of ancient Byzantine Emperors.

A bracteate (bract) is a flat, thin, single-sided gold medal worn as jewelry that was produced in Northern Europe.  Gold bracteates commonly denote a certain type of jewelry, made mainly in the 5th to 7th century AD, represented by numerous gold specimens. Bead-rimmed and fitted with a loop, most were intended to be worn suspended by a string around the neck, supposedly as an amulet.

The types of bracts include:

• A-bracteates: showing the face of a human, modelled after antique imperial coins
• B-bracteates: one to three human figures in standing, sitting or kneeling positions, often accompanied by animals
• C-bracteates: showing a male's head above a quadruped, often interpreted as the Germanic god Woden.
• D-bracteates: showing one or more highly stylized animals
• E-bracteates: showing an animal triskele under a circular feature
• F-bracteates: as a subgroup of the D-bracteates, showing an imaginary animal
• M-'bracteates': two-sided imitations of Roman imperial medallions

Size: VERY OVERSIZED, approximately 11" X 15"

Condition: Excellent - Very Good - Good - Fair - Poor (but of historical interest)

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