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A Rare Sword Of Viking Type With Ingelri Inscription
10th/11th Century
10th/11th Century
75 cm. blade, 89.5 cm. overall
Footnotes
The inscription is a variation on the well-known Ingelvii group. For more information see Alfred Geibig, Beiträge zur Morphologischen Entwicklum des Scwertes I'm Mittelalter: Eine Analyse des Fundmaterials von ausgehenden 8 bis sum 12. Jahrundert aus Sammlungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1991, p. 124
For a symopsis of Geibig's work and a further analytical study of the subject see Michael R. Gorman, 'Ulfbrecht: Innovation and Imitation in Early Medieval Swords', The Sixteenth Park Lane Arms Fair Guide, February 1999, pp. 7-12
See also Lech Marek, Early Medieval Swords from Central and Eastern Europe..., 2005, pp. 49-54, pls. 6c and 25c








