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The language of jewellery

Hardcover • 2021 • English • 1. edition

The language of jewellery: dress-accessories and negotiations of identity in Scandinavia

By Ingunn Marit Røstad

Part of the series Norske oldfunn

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About the book

In the 5th–7th centuries AD, members of the female population in Scandinavia frequently wore a costume adorned with conspicuous items of jewellery. Many of the items, such as brooches and clasps, were dress-accessories used to fasten these garments. Some of them, moreover, were popular over an extended area of Europe, and have been found in Scandinavia, Anglo-Saxon England and on the Continent alike. This book provides an analysis of more than 1,800 such items of jewellery from Scandinavia. It e...Show more

Precious metal, precious stones and jewellery: artworks and design
European history
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Book details

ISBN

9788202716202

Publisher

Cappelen Damm AS

Published year

2021

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The language of jewellery

Format

Hardcover

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