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Plain

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From Art
Carolingian

  • c.800-900 Nancy Cathedral Treasury
  • c.800-900 Vatican Lat.124

Ottonian

  • c,900-1000 Venice Cod. GrZ.479
  • c.985-987 Vatican Lat 9820
  • c.1000-1050 Arras, BM MS 559 (435), vol. 1

Anglo-Saxon

Norman / Romance

  • c.1076 Bayeux Tapestry
  • c.1050-1100 BNF Lat 6 (1)
  • c.1050-1100 BNF Lat 6 (2)

Spirals

4 Spirals

Shield spiral4.jpg

From Art

Carolingian
  • c.820-830 Stuttgart, Bibl. fol. 23 Stuttgart Psalter
Scandinavian
  • c.800 Silver Valkyrie figure, Hårby, Denmark.
  • Birka, Silver amulet, Gr.954
Spiral_triads_4

4 Spirals with Triads
From Art

Carolingian
  • c.845-855 Vivian Bible
  • c.849-851 Paris Lat 266

5 Spirals

Shield spiral5.jpg

From Art
Ottonian

  • c.1000 Aachen Cathedral Treasury, Ivory Situla
Spiral_triads_5

5 Spirals with Triads
From Art

Carolingian

  • c.915 Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, ubb-B-IV

Ottonian

  • c.1000-1010 London, British Library, Harley 2886

6 Spirals

Shield spiral6.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

Ottonian

  • c.1000 Munich clm 4453 2
  • c.1000-1050 Arras, BM MS 559 (435), vol. 1

Anglo-Saxon

Shield spiral dots6.jpg

6 Spirals with Dots
From Art
Carolingian

Anglo-Saxon

Shield spiral triads6.jpg

6 Spirals with Triads
From Art
Carolingian

Ottonian

  • c.990 Aachen, Liuthar Gospels
  • c.1000 Munich clm 4453 2
  • c.1000-1020 Bamberg MS A. II. 42 Bamberg Apocalypse

7 Spirals

Shield spiral7.jpg

From Art

Deformed Spiral

Shield horizontal triads.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

Anglo-Saxon

  • : fol.2r

Circles

Outer Circle

Shield circle.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

Byzantine

  • c.998-1018 Paris Psalter

Separate Circles

Shield circles.jpg

From Art
Insular

  • c.875-900 St Johns College, MS 9. C, fol.68v, Southhampton Psalter 'Goliath'

Scandinavian

  • c.900-1000 Hedeby, Valkyrie pendant

Overlapping Circles

Shield carolingian.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

  • c.800-825 Amiens Corbie Psalter

Spokes

Thin Spokes

Shield spokes12.jpg

From Art

Shield spokes dots12.jpg

Thin Spokes with Dots
From Art

Flared Spokes

Shield spokes8.jpg

From Art

Crosses

Simple Cross

Shield cross.jpg

From Art

Complex Cross

Shield julius cross.jpg

From Art
Anglo-Saxon

  • c.1000 Oxford Junius 11, Caedmon Manuscript p.57

Stripe

Shield stripe.jpg

From Art

Shield stripe2.jpg

Stripe with cross
From Art

Flared Cross

Shield flared cross closed.jpg

From Art

Shield flared cross open.jpg

Open Flared Cross
From Art

Oseberg Cross

Shield oseberg.jpg

From Art

Carolingian
  • c.790-795 BNF Lat. 12048 Gellone Sacramentary
Scandinavian
  • c.834 Oseberg Tapestry

Goliath

Carolingian

Shield goliath1.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

  • c.800-825 Amiens BM MS18 Corbie Psalter
  • c.820-830 Stuttgart, Bibl. Fol. 23 Stuttgart Psalter

Late Saxon

Shield goliath2.jpg

From Art
Carolingian

  • c.820-830 Stuttgart, Bibl. Fol. 23 Stuttgart Psalter

Anglo-Saxon

  • c.1050 BL Cotton Tiberius C VI, Tiberius Psalter, fol.9r,16r

Checkered

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From Art

  • c.1000-1100 Biblio. Mun. Avranches MS50