Vendel and Dark Age ornamental design

Vendel and Dark Age ornamental design 

Goréwicz, I.D. 

Paperback. 112 pp. Very richly illustrated. Triglav 2014 

Vendel and Dark Arge Ornamentation Continuing our codification of dark age ornamentation, this is a catalogue of 343 authentic graphic designs in 2D. Collected mainly from the Viking Age but in some cases later (C8th-C12th), they are sourced not only from Scandinavia, but also from Germany, Central Europe (eg. Wolin) and Russia. They've been drawn from a vast selection of artifacts - hilts, crossguards, pottery, jewellery, manuscripts, bone and wood carvings etc. Each and every pattern has an English description with its date, origin, place it was found, and meaning, where possible.