[Ansteorra] Ansteorra] RE: Jewelry

[Hillary Greenslade]

Botolf said:
>You will often find Vikings wearing belt tips or square necklaces with
>Christian symbols early on when they were not Christian.  These were
>actually the silver or gold hinges torn off Bibles they acquired during
>raids.  They thought anything important should be carved in stone, so they
>used the leather, made jewelry from the hinges and used the paper for fire
>tender.  So if you have a viking persona, you can wear Christian jewelry.
>Just say you got it the last time you sacked an Abbey.

While not particularly religious in nature, many early period jewelry
included metal coins, often an entire necklace of coins strung together with
bails added, so the face of the coins would show when worn. The metal was
considered so rare, that it was not melted down, with the coin design as its
own artform.  I guess it could be considered 'religious', if the coins were
of from a pilgrimage.
Hillary


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