AOA Circlet Research - Part 2

Here are two more images of circular jewerly from Gotland.

This one is from the same reproduction supplier as the first one posted

And this one is from an actual grave find... From the Polotsk National Historical Cultural Museum and Reserve (http://polotsk.museum.by/en/node/129)

Twisted ring from island of Gotland. 11th century. Gold 900*, filegreed. D-25,0.
Excavations by V. Bulkhin.
Upper Castle, Polotsk, 1978.

All of what I am finding looks like a large gauge metal wire with a smaller wire or multiple wires twisted with it. More specifically two small gauge wires twisted with one another, and then that new created twist then twisted with a larger gauge wire. The terminals all seem to either be animal head or tendril like scrolls… More research on actual grave finds is needed, but I think this has me going the right direction

AOA Circlet Research

As the people of 10th century Gotland did not wear circlets and weaving metal to look like tablet weaving is waaaayyyyy beyond my skill level (for the moment); I have decided to look at other ring shaped jewelry and then use it as a base for my design. Here is what I have found so far:

In the category of allegedly of period origin, but with no specific extant piece listed we have:

From: http://www.urweg.com/


Gotland Bracelet
Lye, Gotland, Sweden - Viking Era

More to come as I figure out how to better incorporate images into a post

Visby Lenses from Gotland

As I have been doing a little research for another project, I realized I must add a 51st thing to my list...

I keep running into references to "the Visby lenses", for more information go see: http://www.sacerdotesse.com/the-visby-lenses.html )