VLFBERHTswords: Origin, material, and manufacture
Ingo Petri
Abstract VLFBERHT or ULFBERHT is the most frequent inscription on Viking Age sword blades. The majority of these swords have been found in Scandinavia, much less Frankish Empire so that it might seem they produced Scandinavia. But this probably a result different burial customs. blades were and came to Scandinavia as loot ransom. signature has interpreted name smith. recently, shown person behind rather was an overseer over production who had position ecclesiastical monastic hierarchy. reverse side show geometrical marks. These may developed from Pagan serpent worm symbolism connected swords. patterns survived into Christian times, but with changed symbolic meaning. It always tried distinguish between original imitations falsifications. Recently, metallographic analyses correlation special variants methods manufacture.
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