Door at St Helen's Church, Stillingfleet, Yorkshire, with Viking motifs on the reinforcing ironwork. The church was built around 1145 but the door may be 10th century..jpeg (173.72 КБ) 536 просмотров
The Rossett Hoard consisting of a socketed axe, a tanged blade and 4 pieces of gold bracelet stored inside the axe. 10th-9th century BCE, now housed at the National Museum Cardiff in Wales.jpeg (464.07 КБ) 536 просмотров
A sword found in a grave in Hattula, Finland, dated between 1040 and 1174. The sword itself is Viking Age (between 800 and 1050) and was placed there later, likely a family heirloom.jpeg (1.32 МБ) 531 просмотр
А, вон оно почему они не сняли с мужика те шикарные латные перчатки.
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A skull with three crossbow bolt wounds from the Battle of Visby, Gotland, in 1361. Many of the dead were buried in their armor because of mass casualties and the hot weather led to fast decomposition.jpeg (77.71 КБ) 518 просмотров
An illuminated border from a manuscript Book of Hours leaf (15th Century), containing a delightful hybrid creature my colleagues have dubbed a Yoda Bird.jpeg (347.72 КБ) 136 просмотров