Title:
The story of the drinking horn : drinking culture in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages / Vivian Etting.
Author:
Etting, Vivian, 1957- author.
Publication Information:
Copenhagen : The National Museum of Denmark, [2013]
©2013
Call Number:
DL21 .E88X 2013
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ISBN:
9788776021894
Series:
Publications from the National Museum : studies in archaeology & history, v. 21
Publications from the National Museum. Studies in archaeology & history ; v. 21.
Physical Description:
157 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm.
Contents:
Drinking horns in classical antiquity and the Celtic world, a short outline -- The use of drinking horns in Iron Age Scandinavia -- Viking Age drinking horns, mythology and finds -- The revival of drinking horns in the Middle Ages -- Drinking horns in written sources and oral tradition -- Drinking horns in medieval art -- The drinking horn as a national symbol in the Renaissance and the 19th century -- Catalogue of drinking horns in medieval and renaissance collections at the National Museum of Denmark.
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