Mammen style

Formation

Characterization

  • Figures, that is, people and animal representations
  • Illustrations of plants ( vines, leaves) and
  • Geometric figures (circles, triangles, spirals ).

Large animal on the rune stone in Jelling King Harald, Jutland, Denmark. Mammen style. Umzeichnung with alleged original coloring. Tail and mane terminate in acanthus leaves.

Two of the most decorated in the style of Moms fields of the shrine of Bamberg. Above, a lion with a rear-facing head, below eagle ( Schnabel top left, top right wing, tail bottom right, bottom left claw ). All embedded in tendrils braids.

Field from the verschollenem Cordula Shrine of Pomerania. Leo, nestled in the surrounding foliage. Mammenstil.

Example finds

  • Iron, silbertauschierte ax and decorated textiles residues from the chamber grave of the chief of Mammen, Jutland, Denmark, Danmarks National Museum, Copenhagen
  • Large stone from Jelling, Jutland, Denmark
  • Bamberger shrine of gilt copper, dentin (probably walrus ), wood, Bavarian National Museum Munich
  • ( Lost replica, original in the 2nd World War) Shrine of Pomerania, Horn ( probably elk antlers ), wood, gilded bronze, Danmarks National Museum, Copenhagen
  • Stone of Thor Leif, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
  • Hilt of Sigtuna, Uppland, Sweden, Sigtuna Museer
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