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Sorry if i divert a little, Michl, but i know you don’t dislike these historical things
![]() Do i find some similitary between the marks already posted here and those used by the fishermen of my home town? … Said to have probably been influenced by the local Viking colonization (IX-X) century, among other less solid theories, these marks represented the "coat of arms" of each family, used to mark all their property and also their presence in places of religious cult, in the interior and along the coast, during their pilgrimages. It has been established by local ethnologists that this system of house marks was also used in Scandinavia ( bomärken) and correspondence can be found with Nordic runas. . |
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Brilliant documentation, 'Nando,
Thank you so much for taking us back to the roots of runes. As this thread was on Sottish late medieval swords, I wanted to concentate on contemporary comparable sources. Going back to the roots would of course mean starting at the earliest stone scratchings of the Stone Age, the Sumerian cuneiform etc. In this large historic retrospective however you of course deserve special crediting for pointing out the famous - tough widely neglected - fishermen's runes of your home town! ![]() ![]() Best, Michl |
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The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh preserves a 14th c. Claymore sword (inv.no. H.LA 2, on top) and another of early-16th c. date (H.LA 105, better images than in post # 11 attached below).
And a cast of a mid-16th c. graveslab in the same museum. m Last edited by Matchlock; 23rd July 2012 at 04:24 PM. |
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