Viking Objects
Stirrup-Mount Fragment (LEIC-534DFF)
This copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount, classified as a variant of Williams Class A Type 1, is decorated with two sets of double curving incised lines that may represent beasts.
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Viking Objects
Stirrup-Strap Mount (LIN-D274D5)
This Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount is decorated with zoomorphic ornamentation. It has been classified as a William Class A Type 6 mount.
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Viking Names
Grani
The male personal name Grani, or possibly Gráni, is the first element of the place-name Granby, Nottinghamshire. The name occurs sporadically in saga-literature and also appears on the rune-stone from Berezan’ in southern Ukraine, erected by visiting Swedes in the eleventh century. It is also the name of the horse of the legendary hero Sigurd the Serpent-Slayer. If the name, whether of the horse or as a male name, is Grani, then it is related to the Old Norse word grǫn, referring to the ‘upper lip’ or ‘moustache’, and can be compared to other original bynames like Skeggi from skegg ‘beard’. Alternatively, it might be related to the adjective grár ‘grey’ or verb grána ‘to grow grey’, and would similarly have originally been a descriptive byname. In Granby, a document from c. 1200 refers to Granehou, a mound (Old Norse haugr) possibly named after the same man who gave his name to the village.
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Viking Objects
Harness Pendant (PUBLIC-1FCD40)
The Ringerike-style openwork decoration on this harness pendant consists of two opposing animals with details made up of relief lines. These pendants were purely decorative elements on the harness and did not have any practical function.
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Viking Objects
Copper-Alloy Bridle Bit (LEIC-069A75)
This cast copper-alloy bridle bit fragment is made up of a flat curved section which terminates in a sub-rectangular beast’s stylised head above a ‘trefoil’-shaped projection decorated with an incised spiral motif.
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Viking Objects
Bridle Bit (NLM-4CB914)
This bridle bit plate is decorated with rounded protrusions from its edges, apparently representing the head of a beast combining attributes of horse and dragon. The reddish tint of the metal is a common feature of Anglo-Scandinavian metalwork.
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Viking Objects
Harness Fitting (NLM-0C6D7D)
This copper-alloy harness-link fragment consists of a rhomboid loop and the stub of a lentoid section bar. The metal has a reddish tint often associated with Anglo-Scandinavian material.
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Viking Objects
Zoomorphic Stirrup Terminal (LEIC-F1C6D4)
This example of an Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup terminal features a beast-like form with a projecting snout and large flared nostrils.
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Viking Objects
Zoomorphic Mount (DENO-7E523C)
This example of a copper-alloy openwork zoomorphic mount, strap fitting or harness fitting, is decorated with the head of an animal in profile.
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Viking Objects
Harness Fitting (SUR-38C283)
A simple double ended strap-link used as part of a harness. The metal has a reddish tint often associated with Anglo-Scandinavian material.
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Item
Bridle Fitting (DENO-58B097)
This fragment of cast copper-alloy bridle fitting has a central, sub-circular boss with concave indent to the reverse side. The concave shape of the broken ends of the bars indicate that this fitting originally had a loop at either end.