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LOTERRE

LOTERRE

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Preferred term

Oseberg style  

Definition(s)

  • Style of Viking art named after the 8th c. ship burial at Oseberg in southern Norway, and found over a wide geographic area in Scandinavia; generally characterized by the use of semi-naturalistic, gripping animals and a formal composition that disposes motifs of equal size over an area, to form a carpet-like design; seems to exhibit some connection with the Anglo-Saxon Trewhiddle style [AAT, alt.]

Notation

  • 122112

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-WL6BPDT9-5

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