V-Arts-and-A-art - 10/10/97 "Viking Arts and Artifacts (A Bibliography of Interesting Articles)" by Gunnora Hallakarva. NOTE: See also the files: Norse-msg, Norse-crafts-bib, N-calenders-art, Norse-games-art, N-drink-ves-msg, Vik-Shp-lst-art, amber-buying-art. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with seperate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the orignator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THL Stefan li Rous mark.s.harris@motorola.com stefan@florilegium.org ************************************************************************ Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 01:38:57 -0500 From: Gunnora Hallakarva To: sca-arts@raven.cc.ukans.edu Subject: Viking Arts and Artifacts (A Bibliography of Interesting Articles) While digging through the library recently, I came up with a number of articles that are very interesting for the SCA artisan. I thought I'd share the bibliography with the list. Note that several of the collections have interesting articles applicable to other medieval cultures as well... I only picked up the ones related to the Viking Age. TOOLS Arwidsson, Greta and Gosta Berg. The Mastermyr Find: A Viking Age Tool Chest from Gotalnd. Stockholm:KVHAA/Almqvist & Wiksell. 1983. Slomann, Wencke and Arne Emil Christiansen. "The Aker Find: Facts, Theories and Speculations." Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. 1984. pp. 173-190 [Discusses the use of punch tools in period.] Larsen, Erling Benner. "Tracing the tools by their traces: Identification and documentation of tool traces - illustrated through punch-decorated objects from the early Germanic Iron Age." Kuml 1982-1983. Arhus: Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskub 1984. pp 169-179. =20 CARVING Fridstrom, Erik. "The Viking Age Wood Carvers. Their Tools and Techniques." Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. 1984. pp. 87-92. Fuglesang, Signe Horn. "Wood carving from Oslo and Trondheim and some reflections on period styles." Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. 1984. pp. 93-108. Anderson, Aron. "Medieval Woodcarvings in Sweden." Safeguarding of Medieval Altar Pieces and woodcarvings in Churches and Museums. KVHAA Konferenser 6. 1981. pp- 27-32. Lang, James T. Viking Age Decorated Wood. Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81 Series B1. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. 1988. Fuglesang, Signa Horn. "Woodcarvers - Professionals and Amateurs in Eleventh Century Trondheim." Economic Aspects of the Viking Age. eds. David Wilson and M.L. Caygill. British Museum Occasional Papers 30. London: British Museum. 1981. Dahl, Sverri. "Forn barnaleiku i Foroyum." Mondul 3 (1979). pp. 3-13 [Article about ancient toys from the Faroe Islands.] Nilsson, Torvald. "Om medeltida sadeltacken." Kulturen. 1986. pp 312-339. [Discusses a carved and tooled leather sheet used as a saddle= pad.] BONE, IVORY, ANTLER Bertelson, Reidar. "Decorated spoons of reindeer antler in Norwegian urban and rural context." Archaeology and the urban Economy: Festschrift to Asbjorn E. Herteig. Arkeologiske Skrifter 5. eds. Siri Myrvold et al. Bergen: Historisk Museum Universitet i Bergen. 1989. pp. 245-254. Ambrosiani, Kristina. "Viking Age Combs, Combmaking, and COmbmakers in the Light of Finds from Birka and Ribe." Stockholm Studies in Archaeology 2. 1981. Hiruluoto, Anna-Liisa. "A bone spoon from Pirkkala." Iskos 9 (1990) pp. 87-91. Mageroy, Ellen M. "Abraham-hornet fra Island." Viking 49 (1946) pp. 235-247. [Discusses a carved Icelandic drinking horn.] JEWELRY Axboe, Morten. "Positive and negative versions in the making of chip carving ornaments." Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. 1984. pp. 31-42.=20 Lonborg, Bjarne. "The method of production of Viking Age tortoise brooches." Kuml 1991-1992. Arhus: I Kommission Hos Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 1991-1992, pp. 151-164. CERAMICS Madsen, Hans Jorgen. "An Introduction to Danish Medieval Ceramics." In: Ceramics and Trade. eds. Peter Davey and Richard Hodges. Sheffield: University of Sheffield Department of Prehistory and Archaeology. 1983. pp. 187-190. Madsen, Per Kristian. "A survey of the research of Danish medieval pottery." Medieval Ceramics 10 (1986) pp. 57-84 Magnus, Bente, "The Interlace Motif on the bucket-shaped pottery of the Migration Period." Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. 1984. pp. 139-157. Hulthen, Birgitta. "Some notes on ceramic production during the early Iron Age." Studien zur Sachsenforschung 6 (1987) pp. 95-99. TEXTILES Tomantera, Leena. "Braid, weave, and 'foxtail'" Fenno Ugri et Slavi 1983: Papers Presented by the Participants in the Soviet-Finnish Symposium 'Trade, Exchange and Culture Relations of the Peoples of Fennoscandia and Eastern Europe' 3 May 1983. Helsinki: Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistys-Finska Fornminnes Foreningen. 1984. pp. 70-76. Pritchard, Frances. "Silk braids and textiles of the Viking Age from Dublin." Archaeological Textiles. eds Lise Bender Jorgensen et al. Copenhagen: Kobenhavens Universitet, Arkaeologick Institut 1988. pp.= 149-161. Munksgaard, Elisabeth. "The Embroideries from Bjerringhoy, Mammen." Festkrift til Thorleif Sjovold pa 70-ars-dagen. Oslo: Universitets Oldsaksamling. 1984. pp. 159-171. Fjellstrom, Phebe. "The Hlad: A Viking Hair Ornament." In Honorem Evert Baudou. Archaeology and Environment 4. eds Margareta Backe et al. Umea, Sweden: Universitet Avd for Arkeologi. 1985. Geijir, Agnes. "The Textile Finds from Birka." Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. Pasold Studies in Textile History 2. eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. 1983. pp. 80-99. Nockert, Margareta. "A Scandinavian Haberget?" Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. Pasold Studies in Textile History 2. eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. 1983. pp. 100-107 [Describes a semicircular cloak and gives pattern drafts for the tablet-woven trim on the cloak.] Hagg, Inga. "Viking Women's Dress at Birka: A Reconstruction by Archaeological Methods." Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. Pasold Studies in Textile History 2. eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. 1983. pp. 316-350. Hoffman, Marta. "Beds and Bedclothes in Medieval Norway." Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. Pasold Studies in Textile History 2. eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. 1983. pp. 351-367. Turnau, Irena. "The Diffusion of Knitting in Medieval Europe." Cloth and Clothing in Medieval Europe: Essays in Memory of Professor E.M. Carus Wilson. Pasold Studies in Textile History 2. eds. B.B. Harte and K. G. Ponting. London: Pasold. 1983. pp. 368-389. Cyrus Zetterstrom, Ulla. "A monochrome patterned silk fabric among the finds from Birka." Opera Textila Variorum Temporum: To Honor Agnes Geijir on her 90th Birthday 26 Oct 1988. Museum of National Antiquities 8. eds. Inger Estham and Margarets Nockert. Stockholm: Museum of National Antiquities 1988 pp. 45-48. Estham, Inger. "A newly discovered intarsia and gold leather embroidery." Opera Textila Variorum Temporum: To Honor Agnes Geijir on her 90th Birthday 26 Oct 1988. Museum of National Antiquities 8. eds. Inger Estham and Margarets Nockert. Stockholm: Museum of National Antiquities 1988 pp.= 93-110. Walton, Penelope. "Dyes and wools in textiles from Mammen." Mammen - Grav, Kunst og Samfund i Vikingetid. Arhus: Aarjus Universitetsforlag. 1991. pp. 139-143. AND YET MORE ON BEADS: Callmer, Johan and Julian Henderson. "Glassworking at Ahus, south Sweden [Skane, 8th century AD]" Labortaiv Arkeologi 5 (1991) pp. 143-154. Gunnora Hallakarva Herskerinde Edited by Mark S. Harris V-Arts-and-A-art 3