Brooches - Viking Paired Styles

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Oval Brooches
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Oval brooches [V/F]

Usually worn in pairs, their purpose is to hold up the Hangerock.

Viking Age Oval brooches are larger than their Vendel precursors with typical sizes shown in the following table by Martin Rundkvist. [RUNDKVIST 2010]:p.155
Berdal. L 57–113mm
P25. L 96–103mm
P27. L 98–113mm
P37. L 96–110mm


Art
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Literature

  • "Each woman wears on either breast a box of iron, silver, copper or gold; the value of the box indicates the wealth of the husband. Each box has a ring from which depends a knife". Ibn Fadlan's Account of the Rus.

Archaeology
An estimated 4000 are known from all over the Viking world [OWEN & DALLAND 1999]:p.68.
Discussion
Disappear in Denmark during the C10th [ROESDAHL 1982]

Berdal P11-P24

These are a transitional style between the Vendel and Viking styles.
780AD - 850AD [RUNDKVIST 2010]:p.165
[PETERSEN 1928]:p.12-22

P25/26

Petersen considered the P25 brooch to be the earliest type of Viking period oval brooch. [PETERSEN 1928]:p.24


P27/28


P37 - Gripping Beast Style [V/F]

Date: C9th
Includes Petersen types P35, P36, P38, P39
Archaeology

Discussion
P37 is the most common type found at Birka. (OWEN & DALLAND 1999, p.68). Accounts for 3 out of every 5 brooches from Norway and half of those found from the east. [EWING 2007]:p.60

Images: V2C 101a, 101b, 101c, 101d


P42/43/44


P45


P48/49


P51 - Late Oseberg Style - Double Shelled [V/F]

Date: Early C10th
Archaeology

  • All Viking Area’s: 1000 copies
  • Norway: 469 copies from 310 finds

Discussion
Most common form of brooch.
Images: VAC 118


P52/55 - Baroque Style [V/F]

Date: C10th. An eastern style that is rarely found in the west.
P52 are open work with a double shell. P55 are cheaper copies cast in one piece.
Archaeology
-- Discussion
Very common in the east, 25% of finds. Not usually found in the west. [EWING 2007]:p.60
Images

P52 Open – VAC 119, VAC 120, VAC 121
P55 Solid -


P57 - Jellinge Style [V/F]

Gotland brooches [V/F]

Animal-head

Gotland only. Sometimes found in 3’s [EWING 2007]:p.60 [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992]:p.192, 300 cat.274

Drum Shaped

[ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992]:p.254 cat.104

References

Ewing, Thor (2007) Viking Clothing. Tempus. [EWING 2007] ^ 1 2 3 *
Graham-Campbell, James (ed.) (1980) Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue. British Museum Publications [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980] ^ *
Owen, Olwyn, and Dalland, Magnar (1999) SCAR, A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney. Tuckwell Press. [OWEN & DALLAND 1999] ^ *
Petersen, Jan (1928) Vikingetidens Smykker. [Viking Jewellery]. [PETERSEN 1928] ^ 1 2 3 *
Roesdahl, Else (1982) Viking Age Denmark. British Museum. [ROESDAHL 1982] ^ *
Roesdahl, Else, and Wilson, David M. (eds.) (1992) From Viking to Crusader, The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200. Nordic Council of Ministers. [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992] ^ 1 2 *
[RUNDKVIST 2010] ^ 1 2 *