Illustration
Dished gilt copper-alloy disc brooch, Urnes style, from Pitney, Somerset, c. 11th century.
The British Museum, London.
Within a scalloped border, the convex surface of the circular brooch bears an openwork design of a coiled, ribbon animal in combat with a snake. The head has a pronounced lentoid eye, and an S-shaped lappet on the upper jaw. The creature bites its own body, which is composed of a plain and a beaded band. It has spiral hips; the sharply angled foreleg terminates in a three-toed foot and the hind leg divides into two tendrils. A snake's head with two prominent eyes, seen from above, bites the animal's neck.
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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2021, December 20). Urnes Style Disc Brooch. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15043/urnes-style-disc-brooch/
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Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Urnes Style Disc Brooch." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 20, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15043/urnes-style-disc-brooch/.
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Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Urnes Style Disc Brooch." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 20 Dec 2021. Web. 25 Apr 2024.
