EditorialDetail of historiated initial of the Trinity. Psalter (the 'Suneson Psalter'), for Danish use, with calendar, prayers and litany. France, Central (Paris); 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century. The text is profusely ornamented with illuminated initial...
EditorialMiniatures of scenes from the Life of Christ. Psalter (the 'Suneson Psalter'), for Danish use, with calendar, prayers and litany. France, Central (Paris); 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century. The text is profusely ornamented with illuminated initial...
EditorialText and historiated initial of the Trinity. Psalter (the 'Suneson Psalter'), for Danish use, with calendar, prayers and litany. France, Central (Paris); 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century. The text is profusely ornamented with illuminated initial ...
EditorialVarious signatures. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic. John Murray: London, 1818. On the left hand page is a request by John Barrow: I wish this book to be sent to the British Museum, at my death. The signatures were obtained by my own...
EditorialGustavus II Adolphus, 1594-1632, King of Sweden 1611 [obverse]. Dated: possibly c. 1620. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 3.52 cm (1 3/8 in.) gross weight: 9.19 gr (0.02 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: silver.
EditorialGustavus II Adolphus, 1594-1632, King of Sweden 1611 [obverse]. Dated: possibly c. 1620. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 3.52 cm (1 3/8 in.) gross weight: 9.19 gr (0.02 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: silver.
EditorialPenannular Brooch, 10th?11th century, Scandinavian or Baltic, Copper alloy, Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 7/16 in. (4.5 x 3.1 x 1.1 cm), Metalwork-Bronze.
EditorialSword, 10th century, European, probably Scandinavia, Steel, copper, silver, niello, L. 37 3/4 in. (95.9 cm); L. of blade 31 7/8 in. (81 cm); W. 4 5/16 in. (11 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 4 oz. (1021 g), Swords, The richly decorated hilt and pattern-welded blade ind...
EditorialNeck Ring (Torque), 600 B.C., Scandinavian, Copper alloy, Overall: 8 3/8 x 8 11/16 x 11/16 in. (21.3 x 22 x 1.7 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The design of this torque is deceptive. It appears to be wrapped with a wide, flat wire that changes direction ...
EditorialPenannular Brooch, 10th?11th century, Scandinavian or Baltic, Copper alloy, cast (loop); tongue wrought copper alloy, Overall: 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. (4.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Copper.
EditorialPenannular Brooch, 10th?11th century, Scandinavian or Baltic, Copper alloy, Overall: 3 5/16 x 2 7/8 x 7/8 in. (8.4 x 7.3 x 2.2 cm), Metalwork-Bronze.
EditorialRound Box Brooch, 1000?1100, Made in Gotland, Sweden, Viking, Copper alloy, cast, selectively applied silver foil (OA XRD) ..., Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 in. (6 x 2.5 cm), Metalwork-Copper, Women on the Scandinavian island of Gotland wore box brooches to secu...
EditorialThe Forest Stream, ca. 1660, Oil on canvas, 39 1/4 x 50 7/8 in. (99.7 x 129.2 cm), Paintings, Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, Haarlem 1628/29?1682 Amsterdam), In the early fifties Van Ruisdael traveled in the wooded hill country of Germany near the Dutch bo...
EditorialTwo-handled Bowl, 1700?1710, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 5 3/8 x 13 13/16 in. (13.7 x 35.1 cm); 25 oz. 19 dwt. (806.9 g), Silver, Cornelius Kierstede (1674?ca. 1757), Derived from Dutch, Scandinavian, and Engli...
EditorialEnthroned Virgin, ca. 1175?1200, Made in possibly Gotland, Sweden, Scandinavian, Poplar with paint, Overall: 33 15/16 x 8 x 7 in. (86.2 x 20.3 x 17.8 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Carved from a narrow block of poplar, this figure was originally set into a large...
EditorialStirrup, 975?1075, Made in possibly southern England, Anglo-Scandinavian, Iron with copper alloy inlay, Overall: 10 x 5 1/2 in. (25.4 x 14 cm), Metalwork-Iron, Though the Vikings are best known as seafaring warriors, through contact with Europe they gr...
EditorialScandinavian shields 3, Finnish trumpets 4, bronze bracelet 1 and medal 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.
EditorialFisherman's hut with family in Lapland by J.F. Hockert, 1862, swedish painter; sweden; scandinavia; lapp interior; arctic region; fisherman; pretty wife; swedish settlers; laplanders;young couple; conical headdress; bag; worsted balls; chatelaine; hous...
EditorialThe Kells crozier, Irish, late 9th-11th century. The core is a staff of yew wood, now cut in two. This was first encased in bronze in the late ninth or tenth century when the staff was decorated with cast knobs (or 'knops') and cross-shaped strips. Rai...