Bracteate Collection

Bracteate chysis orchid, Chysis bractescens. Handcoloured lithograph by Stroobant from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Bracteate rose, Rosa bracteata
Bracteate rose, Rose bracteolee, Rosa bracteata. Handcoloured lithograph by Lecouturier after a botanical illustration by Borromee from Pierre Boitards Rose-Lovers Complete Manual, Roret, Paris 1836

The St Giles Bracteate (gold)
1216499 The St Giles Bracteate (gold) by Anglo-Saxon; diameter: 3.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Oxfordshire Sheet gold bracteate)

Metal Age. The gold bracteates. National Museum of Denmark
The gold bracteates. Flat, thin and single-sided gold medal worn as jewelry that was produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age

Gold Iron Age Bracteate
Gold Iron Age bracteate of abstract design, mostly based on Roman and Byzantine coins

Gold bracteate from Sweden showing Odin and a raven, from the Ashmoleon Museums collection

Gold bracteate from a fifth century Norwegian hoard, 6th century
Gold bracteate from a Norwegian hoard, based on a Byzantine coin, 6th century

Gold bracteate depicting a horse and bird, 5th century
Gold bracteate depicting a horse and bird, associated with the cult of Odin, from Scania, Sweden. From the Ashmoleons collection, 5th century

Gudme. Home of the gods. 3rd-7th century. Gold jewerly. Golden neck ring with locks and bracteates from Hesselager. National Museum of Denmark

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