A reproduction, copper alloy, ansate brooch based on an example from York. Two copper alloy examples of ansate brooches, also known as equal-armed brooches, were found at 16-22 Coppergate. These brooches are characterised by a narrow arched bow and terminal heads of identical form. The design of the brooches from Coppergate are a variant known as ‘caterpillar’ type. Asnate brooches are dated to between the seventh and ninth centuries though the finds at Coppergate may extend their popularity into the tenth century. The ‘caterpillar’ variety is typically geographically limited to areas bordering the North Sea. The quantity found in England, however, may indicate local manufacture.
Brooches were a typical part of female dress. Scandinavian brooches came in a variety of sizes and shapes which included disc, trefoil, lozenge, equal-armed, and oval shapes. The different brooch types served a variety of functions in Scandinavian female dress with oval brooches typically being used as shoulder clasps for apron-type dresses and the rest being used to secure an outer garment to an inner shift. Anglo-Saxon brooches do not match this diversity of form with large disc brooches being typical of ninth century dress styles with smaller ones becoming more popular in the later ninth and tenth centuries. However, since disc brooches were used by both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian women they are distinguished by their morphology. Scandinavian brooches were typically domed with a hollow back while Anglo-Saxon brooches were usually flat. Moreover, Anglo-Saxon brooches were worn singly without accompanying accessories.
- circa 700 — 900
- Viking Objects
- Private Ownership
- Anglo-Saxon, ansate, brooch, copper_alloy, decorative, jewellery, North_Yorkshire, reproduction, women, York
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Made by Adam Parsons of Blueaxe Reproductions
Mainman, Ailsa J., and Nicola SH Rogers. Craft, industry and everyday life: finds from Anglo-Scandinavian York. Vol. 17. (York: Council for British Archaeology, 2000), p. 2570-1.
Kershaw, Jane F. Viking identities: Scandinavian jewellery in England. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), p. 20-25.
Reproduktion, aloi ya shaba, ansate brooch kulingana na mfano kutoka York. "Kuna mifano miwili ya ""ansate"" brooches, ambayo pia inajulikana kama ""brooches sawa-armed,"" zilizopatikana katika 16-22 Coppergate." Broch hizi ni sifa na mwembamba arched bow na vichwa mwisho wa fomu sawa. Muundo wa brooches kutoka Coppergate ni tofauti inayojulikana kama "caterpillar" aina. Brooches za Asnate ni tarehe kati ya karne ya saba na tisa ingawa ugunduzi katika Coppergate unaweza kupanua umaarufu wao katika karne ya kumi. Aina ya "caterpillar" ni kawaida kijiografia mdogo kwa maeneo ya mpakani Bahari ya Kaskazini. Hata hivyo, kiasi kilichopatikana huko Uingereza chaweza kuonyesha kwamba kilitengenezwa huko. Brooch zilikuwa sehemu ya kawaida ya mavazi ya wanawake. Brooches Scandinavian alikuja katika ukubwa mbalimbali na maumbo ambayo ni pamoja na diski, trefoil, lozenge, sawa-armed, na maumbo ya mviringo. Brooches za kawaida ni za aina ya Scandinavian, na brooches za oval hutumiwa kama vifungo vya bega kwa mavazi ya apron, na wengine hutumiwa kuimarisha nguo ya nje kwa mabadiliko ya ndani. Brooches Anglo-Saxon ni tofauti na brooches kubwa ya diski, ambayo ni ya kawaida ya mitindo ya mavazi ya karne ya tisa, na wale wadogo zaidi kuwa maarufu zaidi katika karne ya tisa na kumi. Hata hivyo, kwa kuwa broshi za diski zilitumiwa na wanawake wa Anglo-Saxon na Scandinavia, zinatofautishwa na muundo wao. Kwa kawaida, vijiti vya Skandinavia vilikuwa na umbo la mviringo na mgongo ulio tupu, ilhali vijiti vya Waanglosasoni vilikuwa tambarare. Isitoshe, vijiti vya Anglo-Saxon vilivaliwa peke yake bila vifaa vingine. "Kutoka kwa ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking"" na ""Viking""."""" Kitu hiki kinahusiana na York, North Yorkshire. Tafuta habari kuhusu York, Yorkshire Kaskazini. Imeundwa na Adam Parsons wa Blueaxe Reproductions Mainman, Ailsa J., na Nicola SH Rogers. Ufundi, viwanda na maisha ya kila siku: hupata kutoka Anglo-Scandinavian York. Kitabu cha Vol. 17. (a) Kwa nini? (Yorkshire: Council for British Archaeology, 2000), ukurasa wa 2570-1. Kershaw, Jane F. Utambulisho wa Viking: Vito vya Scandinavia nchini Uingereza. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013) na kitabu cha The New York Times, p.