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Definition of Bracteates

Bracteate
Bracteate Brac"te*ate, a. [Cf.L. bracteatus covered with gold plate.] (Bot.) Having a bract or bracts.

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- gold for the bracteates came from coins paid as peace money by the Roman Empire to their Northern Germanic neighbors. Many of the bracteates feature ruler...
- Orion's Belt is known as her distaff or spindle. The "woman" type of bracteates (Frauenbrakteaten, type B7, also called Fürstenberg or Oberwerschen type)...
- 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...
- Gold bracteate from Undley, Suffolk, Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 17 (1983), p. 459. Axboe, Morten (1981). "The Scandinavian Gold Bracteates: Studies...
- following bracteates: G 205, DR BR6, DR BR13, DR BR25, DR BR42, DR BR54, DR BR59, DR BR63A, DR BR67, DR EM85;123, and DR NOR2002;10. A gold bracteate (G 205)...
- 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 Tjurkö Bracteates, listed by Rundata as DR BR75 and DR BR76, are two bracteates (medals or amulets) found on Tjurkö, Eastern Hundred, Blekinge, Sweden...
- 1911. It is dated to the 6th century. The Grumpan bracteate was found together with two other bracteates, two gold rings, two bronze hooks, and some gl****...
- 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...
- episcopal bracteates were minted towards the end of the 13th century. As an abbey authorized to issue coins, Pegau Abbey in Pegau also minted bracteates. These...