Pre-Christian Religions of the North: Sources Database
Subject
Website - Educational Resource
Description
Pre-Christian Religions of the North is an international project to document the mythology and religious practices of early Scandinavia and Germanic Europe. The Sources Database brings together resources related to the project.
Original medieval forged chandelier from St. Olaf's church in Bø, Norway (ca. 1180).
Subject
Photograph - Church
Description
The church in Bø was built around 1180 and was dedicated to St. Olaf. The semi-circle apse in the chancel was added at a later date. The forged iron chandelier is one of the elements in the church that remained from the middle ages.
The Collection in Lincoln offers Viking workshops for schools as well as loan boxes that can be taken back to the classroom for the students to handle.
Bronze plaques around Wood Quay, indicating the site of Viking and medieval finds
Subject
Monuments - archaeological sites
Description
There are several bronze plaques around the Wood Quay area (the centre of Viking Dublin) which indicate where artefacts were discovered in the city. Some of these artefacts can be viewed in the National Museum. Erected by Dublin City Council.
Skuldelev 3 on display in the Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde
Subject
Viking ships
Description
The well-preserved viking ship Skuldelev 3, a small cargo vessel dating to c. 1040 and probably used for trade and transport in Danish waters and the Baltic. It is on permanent display in the Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, and was reconstructed as Roar Ege. For more information see http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/
Creator
TBirkett
Source
The Viking Ship Museum (Vikingeskibsmuseet) in Roskilde
Publisher
The World-Tree Project
Date
2013
Contributor
TBirkett
Rights
(c) Vikingeskibsmuseet. CC BY NC
Format
jpg
Type
Still Image
Identifier
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2704
Coverage
Viking Age, Vikingtiden, Vikingatida, Denmark, Danmark
The remains of Skuldelev 2 in the Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde
Subject
Viking ships
Description
The Viking warship Skuldelev 3 in 29.4 meters long, and the largest of the ships scuttled in the Roskilde Fjord. It dates to to c. 1042 and is built from oak from the Dublin area in Ireland and as an impressive warship probably took part in several of the major events of the late Viking Age. It is on permanent display in the Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, and was reconstructed as Havhingsten. For more information see http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/
Creator
TBirkett
Source
The Viking Ship Museum (Vikingeskibsmuseet) in Roskilde