Germanic animal style

Gallery of objects decorated with Germanic animal style art. Dates are approximations and almost never precise.

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Germanic animal ornamentation 

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Instance of	art movement art genre
Part of	Eurasiatic animal style (Macmillan Dictionary of Archaeology)
Facet of	Migration Period art medieval art
Has part(s)	Salin style III Broa style Oseberg style Borre style Jelling style Mammen style Ringerike style Urnes style Salin style I Salin style II
Inception	5th century
Partially coincident with	zoomorph
Authority file  Q19335232 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries KML file Search depicted

Sösdala-Untersiebenbrunn style

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  Gilt silver scabbard locket from Finnestorp, Trävattna parish, West Geatland. 475–525.
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  Pelta-shaped brooch from Finnestorp, Trävattna parish, West Geatland. 475–525.
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  Gilt relief brooch from Vadsbo, Trävattna parish, West Geatland. 475–525

Salin style I (Arwidsson A)

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  Sword from Snartemo hoard, Norway with gilded hilt. 475–525.
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  Gilt silver brooch from Dalem, Trøndelag, Norway. 500–600.
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  Gilt silver brooch from Fonnås, Innlandet, Norway. 500–600.
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  Anglo-Saxon silver-gilt square-headed brooch discovered in a female grave on the Isle of Wight, southern England. 500–650.
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  Gilt silver booch from Gotland. 500–550.
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  Golden bracteate from Sletner, Viken, Norway. 450-550.
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  Anglo-Saxon type D bracteate from Kent. 475–525.
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  Anglo-Saxon type D bracteates from Hérouvillette, Normandy, France. 525–575.
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  Type D bracteate from Hannover, Lower Saxony. 450–550.
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  Gilt bronze saucer brooch with degenerate animal motifs from Warwickshire, England. 480–570.
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  Copper alloy mount from Rutland, England. 470–570.
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  Gilded copper alloy strap-end with two animals in a field; above them two opposing birds, from Wiltshire, England. 470–570.
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  Bronze brooch with Salin style I bird. 550–600.
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  Golden bracteate with horsely battle-scene. Pliezhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 600–650.

Salin style II (Arwidsson B–D)

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  Scabbard mouth piece from Vindelev, Jutland. 500–535.
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  Other side of the scabbard.
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  Cheek guard, helmet fragment from the Staffordshire hoard. England. 600–800.
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  Belt buckle from the Rijnsburg grave field. South Holland, Netherlands. 630-640.
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  Detail of belt buckle.
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  Drawing of a finely decorated brooch from Skabersjö, Scania. On the other side is a mostly uninterpreted Runic inscription. 700–750.

Arwidsson style B

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  Bridle fitting in gilt bronze from Vendel grave XII, Uppland, Sweden. 565–625.
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  Sword pommel from Kirmukarmu hill, Vesilahti, Finland. 550-800.
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  Bird shield ornaments from the Åker hoard, Hedmarken, Norway. 550–600.
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  Belt buckle from the Åker hoard, Hedmarken, Norway. 550–600.
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  Belt buckle from Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England. 625-630.
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  Purse lid from Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England. 625-630.
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  Bronze helmet plates from Torslunda, Öland, Sweden. 550–700.
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  Ring-sword hilt from the Vallstenarum grave, Gotland. 550–800.
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  Well-preserved bridle from the Vallstenarum grave. Iron and gilt bronze. 550–800.
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  Detail of Vallstenarum bridle.

Arwidsson style C

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  Double-edged sword from Ultuna, Bondkyrka parish, Uppland, Sweden. 550–800.
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  Drawing of the Ultuna sword with the opposite side of the hilt visible.
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  Double-edged sword from Vendel grave I, Uppland, Sweden. 550–800.
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  Detail of hilt on the Vendel grave I sword.
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  Rectangular gilt bronze brooch from Arnestad, Vestland, Norway. 500–800.
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  Horse harness from Valsgärde boat graves 6 and 7. Uppland, Sweden. 600–700.
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  Other angle.

Arwidsson style D

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  Gilt bronze mount from Vendel grave VII, Uppland, Sweden. 600–700.

Salin style III (Arwidsson E)

Broa style

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  Fragments of sword pommel from grave 174 at Stora och Lilla Ihre, Gotland. 550–800.
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  Fragmented gilt bronze disc-on-bow brooch from a large grave mound in Nylund farm, Stavanger municipality, Rogaland, Norway with fine Broa style decoration. 570–800.
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  Bronze tortoise brooch from Södra Alby, Hulterstad parish, Öland, Sweden. 400–1100.
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  Oversized disc-on-bow brooch from Othemars, Gotland, Sweden. It has been interpreted as a cultic item, representing Freyja’s magic jewel Brisingamen. 800–1100.
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  Othemars brooch, alternative photo.
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  Drawing of the Othemars brooch, better showing the artistic details.
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  “Academician’s” animal-head post from the Oseberg ship. 830–835.
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  Academician’s head-post, other photo.
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  Bridle from Broa, Halla parish, Gotland. 800–1100.
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  Bridle from Broa, side view.
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  Three mounts of the Broa bridle.
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  Gilt bronze brooch from Lickershamn, Stenkyrka parish, Gotland. 700–750.
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  Box-shaped brooch in gilt bronze from Smiss, Eke parish, Gotland. 800–1100.

Oseberg style

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  Beautifully carved stern of the Oseberg ship, Vestfold, Norway. 820–834.
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  Other side of the ship.
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  Detail of carving.

Borre style

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  Bronze brooch from Hedeby, Schleswig-Holstein. 800–1050.
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  Copper alloy strap-end with ring-chain and animal head motif from Lincolnshire, England. 880–950.
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  Silver disc brooch with animal and human figures from Britain. 850–1000.
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  Trefoil brooch from Norway. 900–1000.
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  Trefoil bronze brooch from Blakar, Lom kommune, Innlandet, Norway. Probably originally from a cremation mound. 800–1100.
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  Bronze mount from Romerike, Akershus, Norway with large man’s head. 800–1100.
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  Penannular brooch. Gilded bronze. The brooch is made in Borre-style, with its distinctive ring braid and animal ornamentation. Grave find, Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden. 800–1100.
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  Gilt bronze belt buckle from the Gøkstad mound, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. 970.

Jelling style

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  Silver cup from grave mound in Jelling, Jutland, Denmark. 900-950.
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  Turtle brooches from Morberg, Viken fylke, Norway. 800–1100.
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  Drawing of silver pendant from Vårby, Sweden. 800–1100.
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  Bronze mount, unknown find spot, Gotland, Sweden. 800–1100.
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  Bronze strap end from Björkö, Uppland, Sweden. 800–1100.
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  Penannular thistle brooch from the Skaill hoard, Orkney. 950–970.
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  Bronze strap end from Gryta, Haram, Møre and Romsdal, Norway.

Mammen style

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  Bone cylinder from Årnes, Surnadal, Nordmøre, Norway. 800–1100.
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  Oaken box decorated with ivory and gilt bronze from Bamberg Cathedral, Germany. Originally south Scandinavian. 975–1025.
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  Replica of the Bamberg box, opposite side.
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  Two fields from the Bamberg box.
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  Copenhagen museum replica of box from Cammin, Poland (the original is lost). Originally south Scandinavian. 975–1025.
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  Replica of box from Cammin, another photo.
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  Field from Cammin box.
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  Axe-head inlaid with silver from the Mammen mound, Denmark. 970–71.
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  National Museum of Denmark painted copy of the large Jelling stone with figure of Christ. 960–965.
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  Copy of large Jelling stone with other colour scheme.
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  Other side of copy with large beast motif.

Ringerike style

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  Silver armlet from Lilla Rone, Lye Parish, Gotland. 800–1100.
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  Serpent-shaped armlet from Undrom, Boteå parish, Ångermanland, Sweden. 800–1100.
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  Round brooch from Hornelund, West Jutland. 950–1000.
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  Plaster copy of runestone E 2 from Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, England. Painted according to preserved colour. 1000–1050.
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  Wall panel fragments from Flatatunga, Iceland. 1000–1050.
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  Round brooch from Espinge, Hurva parish, Scania. 800–1250.
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  Ship’s weather vane from Källunge, Gotland. 1000–1050.
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  Ship’s mast weather vane from Heggen, Norway; recto. 1000–1050.
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  Ship’s msat weather vane from Heggen; verso.
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  Ship’s mast weather vane from Söderala, Hälsingland, Sweden; recto. 1000–1050
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  Ship’s mast weather vane from Söderala; verso. 1000–1050.
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  Stone from Vang church, Norway. 1000–1050.
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  Stone from Tullstorp, Scania with beast above ship. 1000–1050.
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  Ole Worm’s 1630s drawing of the intact Hunnestad monument, several of the stones are decorated with Ringerike style art. 1000–1050.
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  DR 284, one of the stones of the Hunnestad monument, possibly showing the troll-woman Hyrrokkin riding on her wolf.

Urnes style

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  Runestone U 871 from Ölsta, Uppland, by the carver Åsmund with reconstructed colours. 1020–1060.
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  Runestone U 961 from Vaksalahöjden, Uppland, by the carver Öpe. 1050–1100.
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  Bowl from Lilla Valla, Rute parish, Gotland. 1050.
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  Inside of Lilla Valla bowl.
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  Dragon-shaped brooch from Bøe. 1000–1100.
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  Part of box-shaped brooch from Tjängdarve, Träkumla parish, Gotland. 800–1100.
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  Gilt copper-alloy disc brooch with exquisite ornamentation from Pitney, Somerset, South West England. 1000–1100.
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  Bronze dragon head, one of two which originally decorated a reliquary. Findspot unknown, Gotland. 800–1100
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  Wooden plank from Hørning stave church, Randers, Denmark with preserved paint. 1070.
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  Fragment of runestone from Köpings kyrka, Öland, Sweden, with original paint preserved. 1070–1100.
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  Detail from the exquisite carving of the Urnes stave church. 1130.

Urnes-Romanesque style

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  Wooden bench from Kungsåra, Västmanland, Sweden. 1000–1100.