- A
bracteate (from the
Latin bractea, a thin
piece of metal) is a flat, thin, single-sided gold
medal worn as
jewelry that was
produced in
Northern Europe...
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Vadstena bracteate (Rundata Ög 178, IK 377.1) is a gold C-
bracteate found in the
ground at Vadstena, Sweden, in 1774.
Along with the
bracteate was a gold...
- Uppåkra
bracteate (DR NOR2002;10), a C-
bracteate found in Uppåkra, Scania,
Sweden during a
search with a
metal detector in 2000. The
bracteate bears a...
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Period bracteates. The
swastika is
drawn either left-facing or right-facing,
sometimes with "feet"
attached to its four legs.
Medallions and
bracteates featuring...
- The
Grumpan bracteate,
designated as
runic inscription Vg 207 by Rundata, is a gold type C
bracteate found in Västergötland,
Sweden in 1911. It is dated...
- The Tjurkö
Bracteates,
listed by
Rundata as DR BR75 and DR BR76, are two
bracteates (medals or amulets)
found on Tjurkö,
Eastern Hundred, Blekinge, Sweden...
- t b e m l ŋ o d The
Grumpan bracteate presents a
listing from 500
which is
identical to the one
found on the
previous bracteates but incomplete: f u þ a r k g w...
- Orion's Belt is
known as her
distaff or spindle. The "woman" type of
bracteates (Frauenbrakteaten, type B7, also
called Fürstenberg or
Oberwerschen type)...
- to Odin by name is
found on a C-
bracteate discovered in
Denmark in 2020.
Dated to as
early as the 400s, the
bracteate features a Proto-Norse
Elder ****hark...
- such as the
petals or sepals. A
plant having bracts is
referred to as
bracteate or bracteolate,
while one that
lacks them is
referred to as ebracteate...
