tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post5055400112332980972..comments2024-03-24T21:42:17.025-04:00Comments on Loose Threads: <small>Yet Another Costuming Blog</small>: Viking Button?Cathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-11702902098467314252016-12-09T16:36:51.088-05:002016-12-09T16:36:51.088-05:00Hi, Carolyn! It's good to see that there is a...Hi, Carolyn! It's good to see that there is a way you can post here. <br /><br />Take a look at the index card/catalog text I've posted from the Historiska Museet's database page and see what you think. Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-44126441823824608292016-12-09T11:38:09.703-05:002016-12-09T11:38:09.703-05:00Hi, Carolyn! It's good to see that there is a...Hi, Carolyn! It's good to see that there is a way you can post here. <br /><br />Take a look at the index card/catalog text I've posted from the Historiska Museet's database page and see what you think. Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-24684880054139076462016-12-09T02:17:39.776-05:002016-12-09T02:17:39.776-05:00Some of the small (1") round pin-back brooche...Some of the small (1") round pin-back brooches from Birka are also enameled. Birka II:1 seems to suggest they might be Merovingian or Carolingian; without spending some time translating the German, this is the best info I have on hand.<br /><br />Apparently, if I use Chrome I am able to post comments here.Carolyn Priest-Dormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221326034301943690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-16992386040608461582016-12-09T01:10:50.054-05:002016-12-09T01:10:50.054-05:00Thanks for your suggestions.
The Historiska Mus...Thanks for your suggestions. <br /><br />The Historiska Museet's database page (which I link to above) refers to the thing as a "button", and it includes an index-card description along with front-and-back sketches showing what is clearly a shank. Of course, a drawing is indirect evidence, and the page does not have a PHOTOGRAPH of the back of the item.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-79982141004827623692016-12-09T01:06:14.012-05:002016-12-09T01:06:14.012-05:00my first reaction is that it looks like a stolen b...my first reaction is that it looks like a stolen bookmount, which were known to have been repurposed.<br /><br />also, does it have a shank on the back, because button can mean more than something you do your coat up with (it can mean brooach, or something you press, or just something small and round), and there could be translation issues at playAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com